[DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Cast

[Mike Thomas]

Copy that, and thanks
 
Also, if I remember correctly, to tighten the A-arm bolts, take them snug,
then back off a quarter turn so they don't bind?
 
Mike Thomas

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From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings
toIncrease Cast



In a message dated 3/9/10 9:20:56 PM, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:




I put mine on a year ago, with the shims maxed out on the upper ball joint,
and the self-center has been much better.  They do squeak, though.




Not if properly lubricated.  Since your front end is apart anyway, go ahead
and pull the A-arms, remove the bushings (they will pop right out,  unlike
the factory kind that have to be pressed out), and lubricate them both
inside and out.  

This is the stuff I now use:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/Digger109/Sil-GlydeE.jpg

You know how when you buy poly bushings, they normally include a teeny, tiny
tube of lubricant, enough to do perhaps a quarter of the bushings that are
provided in any given kit?  This tube contains what appears to be the same
stuff, but in mass quantities, enough to do your car a dozen times, and it's
cheap.

Mike