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

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Uh, isn't there a metal spacer against which you tighten the bolt? Backing
them off like you describe leaves the edges of the bolt holes in the
mounting ears to take up all forces. Bad idea IMO.

Tomas

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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front
BushingstoIncrease Cast


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
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