[DeTomaso] sway bar bushings

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/24/08 3:49:58 AM, justingreisberg at hotmail.com writes:

> On my very original 74 GTS, the rear bar was not 3/4" but just a tad bigger 
> - metric.  It sure looks like the stock bar.  The 3/4" poly bushings I 
> bought did not fit well, but could be squeezed in, BUT the spherebar thingies from 
> Dennis in Colorado had to be reamed out by me to fit - a real pain in the 
> a--.  I can not believe I am the only car to have this issue.
> 
GTS bars were the metric equivalent of 7/8" which aided handling. All U.S- 
made aftermarket bars are either painted or plated. In a POCA article last year, 
I mentioned that Hall's Sphere-ball outboard ends must fit the bar very 
tightly but still be free to slide back & forth, or you lose effectiveness in the 
system. I found if the bar in question is plated, the bushings will need 
reaming to the thickness at least of the plating. My black-painted OEM GTS bar slid 
right in with no reaming but the pretty plated   bar needed reaming.   FWIW- J 
Deryke


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