[DeTomaso] Front Shock Question

Thomas Tornblom Thomas.Tornblom at Hax.SE
Sat Mar 20 16:59:14 EDT 2010





20 mar 2010 kl. 21.36 skrev JDeRyke at aol.com:

> In a message dated 3/20/10 11:55:02 AM, Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se writes:
>
>> How will this affect the lower bushings more than the upper bushings?
>>
> The only thing I can conclude is, due to gravity, the weight of the  
> car is
> always bearing on the lower bushings while the upper ones only  
> experience
> partial loads- and those mostly from rough roads.   And of course,  
> the rear is
> quite a bit heavier than the front in a Pantera. In 20 years, I  
> ruined 5
> lower rubber shock bushings-all in the rear-   and zero upper ones  
> from
> anywhere, before changing to poly. In 2008, I changed to rod-end  
> Konis.

The only difference in force on the upper and lower bushings is the  
weight of the shock assembly, which is insignificant in comparison to  
the weight of the car.

Thomas

> While
> there's no extra noise, I'm not convinced the rod ends are of  
> infinite life,
> either. We'll see.
> Cheers- J Deryke
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