[DeTomaso] Rear bushing woes, the saga continues

[gudmund frøland]

Is it possible the bushing shuld be installed from inside and out?The way the clearence indicate on the pictures it looks like there are room enough on the inside for the shoulder to fit?

Best regards     Gudmund Froiland   


--- Den ons 2008-07-16 skrev bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net>:

> Fra: bill gaino <gaino at earthlink.net>
> Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear bushing woes, the saga continues
> Til: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com>, unlisted-recipients at null.com, null at null.com
> Kopi: detomaso at realbig.com
> Dato: Onsdag 16. juli 2008 05.44
> Great pics!  I pulled my parts FORD D16Y-18198-A  and
> compared it to the bushings from Maserasti Source. Same
> lentgh but the shoulder that the tool presses on is.. THIN.
> OUT of round and INFERIOR to the FORD part.. I see how they
> differ.. and suck too...bless your heart ASA.. Bill    
> pics to follow
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> >Sent: Jul 15, 2008 8:11 PM
> >To: unlisted-recipients at null, null at null
> >Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: [DeTomaso] Rear bushing woes, the saga
> continues
> >
> >Nothing like chaos to  put a damper on your goal of
> being race ready in 
> >time for a track day.
> >
> >In our last episode, we learned that I mushroomed the
> ends of a few 
> >a-arm bushings while pressing them in.  So I order a
> few more from 
> >Wilkinson and figure I'll try again.  I also ask if
> he'd send me a tool 
> >to help press the darn things in so I'm not using
> my large six-point 
> >socket (which most likely contributed to the folly in
> the first place).
> >
> >So today, I take all the new bushing and the new tool
> to the garage.  I 
> >first figure I'll try this slick new tool on a
> bushing already installed 
> >and see if I can maybe straighten things out a bit. 
> But the silly thing 
> >doesn't rest on the shoulder of the bushing.  WTF? 
> I paid how much for 
> >a silly piece of aluminum machined to fit the bushing
> properly and it 
> >doesn't fit?
> >
> >So I check it against one of the new bushings Steve
> sent me.  Fits - 
> >like - a - glove.  WTF  (only LOUDER).
> >
> >I put the new bushing up against the (older already
> installed) new 
> >bushing.  Appears to be a difference here.
> >
> >For the gory detailed photos, go here:
> >http://www.teampanteraracing.com/gallery2/v/asajay/pantera/rearsusp/
> >
> >The short story is;
> >- I bought the first set of bushings along with the
> ball joints last 
> >year from Wilkinson.
> >- The replacements I got just this month.
> >- The ones from last summer are a full eighth inch
> longer than those I 
> >recently received.
> >- The ones from last summer extend a good sixteenth to
> eighth inch 
> >farther on the outboard side.
> >- I'm not putting these in my car.
> >
> >Questions:
> >- Are there differences in a-arm bushings based on the
> year of build?
> >- Has anyone else run into this?
> >- Should I extract the front a-arm bushings and re-do
> them since they 
> >suffered the same problem but I muscled them in anyway?
> >- Should I have gone with aftermarket poly bushings
> instead?
> >
> >I'll be giving Steve a call tomorrow to ask him
> what he knows as well.  
> >This certainly won't do.  I'm guessing he
> didn't know about the 
> >difference.  Both parts were labeled the same, but one
> is definitely not 
> >going to work.
> >
> >Comments?
> >Asa Jay
> >
> >Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> >
> >& Shelley Marie
> >Spokane, WA
> >
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