[DeTomaso] Koni shock bushings?

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

They're rather similar and when I bought my shock and suspension bushings from DeTomaso many years ago they cost about the same. A couple of years ago I looked into standard industrial bushings for this application but it fell through as the radial load was way above what the standard bushings were rated for. Maybe the 40 USD bushings aren't just any rubber and metal cobbled together?

Tomas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt Hall" <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>; <hoppe1 at cox.net>; <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Koni shock bushings?


> Not trying to be a smart ass but,
> Kinda like our metal/rubber suspension bushings? At $13/$20 apiece? You'd think a company might look at a off the shelf (in this case bushing) rather then a hard to replace costly, if you can find one bushing at $40/$45 apiece?
> Just a thought.
> 
> Curt
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> --- On Fri, 2/13/09, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
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> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Koni shock bushings?
> To: cuvee at sbcglobal.net, detomaso at realbig.com, hoppe1 at cox.net
> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 11:16 PM
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> In a message dated 2/13/09 17 32 9, cuvee at sbcglobal.net writes:
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> What makes these rubber shock bushings so damn costly!??? I guess they just want you to buy new shocks! 
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> Well, they're not just rubber bushings. They are an inner and outer steel sleeve with rubber bonded in between them, so it's not trivial to manufacture them, as it would be just pouring rubber into a mold.
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> Mike
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