[DeTomaso] Removing Poly Bushings

Thomas Tornblom thomas at Hax.SE
Tue Oct 5 15:00:01 EDT 2010





5 okt 2010 kl. 21.17 skrev "Tom Borcich" <tborcich at msn.com>:

> Also to clarify, with poly bushings the bolt for the upper and lower  
> arms should be tightened just enough to take out slop between the  
> poly bushing and the suspension ears/mounts on the top and bottom.  
> It should not be pinching the actual poly bushing or the steel  
> bushing insert...as the steel insert is pinched by the poly material  
> and rotates on the bolt....at least that's the way it appears to be  
> on my bushings.  My steel inserts are just a tad shorter than the  
> actual poly material. The steel insert does not rotate inside the  
> Poly bushing material.

This sounds totally bogus to me. The poly is supposed to work as a  
bearing, not the steel insert. If the insert rotates on the bolt, the  
bolt will eat away until the suspension collapses fatally.

What good would the poly and the grease be if it rotates elsewhere?

Thomas

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> Tom
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> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:45 PM
> To: tborcich at msn.com ; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Removing Poly Bushings
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> In a message dated 10/4/10 11:33:51 PM, tborcich at msn.com writes:
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>  I know someone has run done this.
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> Are you planning on reusing your poly bushings?
>
> They come in two halves with a steel sleeve through the center.  If  
> you drive the sleeve out, then it's fairly easy to stick a punch  
> halfway through, catch the inner edge and tap one half of the  
> bushing out; the other half is then even easier to remove.  Or you  
> can just use channel lock pliers on the outside edges and twist them  
> out.
>
> A little lube would be a good idea when you reassemble them.   
> Really, you should easily be able to pluck the bushings out by  
> hand. :>)
>
> Mike
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