[DeTomaso] Shocks

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Next to pulling & rebuilding an engine, this is probably the most 
labor-intensive upgrade you can perform on a Pantera. Once you've done it, figure on a 
full Saturday's work to do it again. The rubber bushings press out when one 
washer is snapped off. Then depending on whether you chose to buy new rubber 
bushings or poly bushings that are full-sized, you must also remove the steel 
sleeve- 16 times- and thats really a chore since the sleeves are almost exactly the 
same diameter as the a-arm recepacle so pressing is difficult. Cutting the 
bushing is perilous since its really easy to also cut the a-arm socket, 
seriously weakening it. I use poly bushings that fit inside the stock steel sleeves, 
so if you had those replacements, you'd be done now..... Finally, if you 
haven't yet bought the replacements, consider purchasing offset bushings for adding 
caster to the front end cheaply. Fred Terry wrote an article called 'Bushing 
Pushing' a few years ago in the POCA News that went thru all the scenarios.   
Or, some vendors sell a-arms that have the things removed on an exchange basis. 
Good luck- J Deryke


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