[DeTomaso] offset bushings installation - SOLVED

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Your photo speaks volumes.
Thanks Larry.



Asa Jay

Quoting Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com>:

> All,
>
> A few days back I asked for ideas on how to install the offset   
> bushings supplied by Dennis Quella.
> I had only received four offset bushings in a full set of 16.
>
> Some thought they both went on the bottom arm, to shift it forward.   
> Some thought they went
> on the top arm to shift it back. Some thought I should have received  
>  8 offset bushings to shift both arms.
>
> Well, we were all wrong.
>
> Just finished talking with Dennis, who provided the designed   
> installation method.
>
> As you know, the outer end of each stock metal / rubber bushing has   
> the inner-sleeve face and the outer-sleeve face,
> resulting in the outer end of each bushing being thicker than the inner end.
>
> You can all freely view this at Mike Dailey's www.panteraplace.com website -
>
> http://panteraplace.com/Tools/Taylor%20Vice%20Figure%201.jpg
>
> Dennis casts all 16 bushings in the same mold. In each full set, 12   
> of them are machined
> to duplicate the stock steel bushings - thicker flanges on one end   
> than the opposite end.
>
> The 4 offset bushings are machined to REALLY make one end thinner   
> than the other. So much so that
> a metal washer is supplied as a spacer on the thick flange to keep   
> the overall-width of the bushing the same as stock.
>
> As was suggested, the desired result is to shift the front lower   
> A-arm forward, and shifting the front upper A-arm rearward
> adds even more caster.
>
> However, according to Dennis the proper installation has ONLY ONE   
> offset bushing installed in each of the four front A-arms.
>
> The opposite side of each A-arm then gets a standard OEM sized   
> bushing BUT....
>
> that bushing is reversed from stock, so the thicker flange is to the  
>  inside instead of the outside.
>
> You can all freely view this photo at the POCA website  to see how   
> this works -
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=32983
>
> Larry
>
>
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