[DeTomaso] Removing Poly Bushings

[Tom Borcich]

<"This sounds totally bogus to me.">

Thanks Thomas...since when does everything work the way it we think it should? LOL 
The steel inserts were very tight inside the poly... they won't rotate. I had to press them out 
using my bench vice and a few sockets. And the insert is machine steel that could wear away at the 
bolt if it was soft enough. I figured I would change out the bolts with grade 8 with shoulders the
full length of the mounts.  I wasn't sure how they were designed to work, that's why I wanted
to throw this out there to my brethren who have been down this road....
Regards,
 
Tom



> From: thomas at Hax.SE
> To: tborcich at msn.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Removing Poly Bushings
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 21:00:01 +0200
> CC: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
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> 5 okt 2010 kl. 21.17 skrev "Tom Borcich" <tborcich at msn.com>:
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> > 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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