[DeTomaso] Rear Bushings and Shafts

Richard Turpin richard at hitecheng.on.ca
Tue Nov 10 15:52:15 EST 2009


Jack, you are right, the shaft I bought has grooves cut into it at the bronze bushings. The zerks are placed at the centre of the bronze bushings. I also installed a zerk fitting in the middle and drilled a hole in the shaft. All this after having the shaft siezed in the upright. The bronze bushings were worn paper thin on the top.
Richard Turpin 
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  From: JDeRyke at aol.com 
  To: richard at hitecheng.on.ca ; detomaso at realbig.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Bushings and Shafts


  In a message dated 11/10/09 11:51:53 AM, richard at hitecheng.on.ca writes:


    Art, you drill through the upright into the cavity and install a zerk fitting into the upright....


  This method adds grease along the outside of the spacer but does not guarantee any inside between the spacer and lower stud, or into the ends where the bronze bushings are, unless the spacer is also drilled.... and being hardened steel, it takes a carbide drill to bore a hole in the spacers (two is better). Some vendors cut a spiral channel inside the spacer to better distribute gears along its length so grease absolutely gets to each end bushing. 
  I've done it both into the upright and the more elegant method of going thru the ends of the lower pivot shafts, and found that if you prefer this (much easier drilling), the upright zerk should preferentially be drilled into the SIDE of the lower housing right thru the casting numbers, for grease-gun access, or you'll need to use a right-angle zerk in the bottom. And then, the hanging zerk looks fragile as it's now the lowest part of the rear suspension. My 2¢- J DeRyke 


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