[DeTomaso] steering rack....Again??!!Bump steer and noises
MikeLDrew at aol.com
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Tue Jun 28 12:42:19 EDT 2011
In a message dated 6/28/11 7 41 38, claywillmott at hotmail.com writes:
>
> Man I am confused on my Push Button A Arm Bushings. Mine look nothing
> like the pantera site.
> My a arms have zero metal in the bushings. I can pull the extremely hard
> poly out of each side with one finger and there is no metal bushing inside
> the a arms.there is a round metal appearing washer on most of the a arms
> mounts on my frame though.These are hard machined poly like I use on my Buick
> Race car.
> Are they the wrong ones or did the washers come off the ends and fuse with
> my frame? Either way I thought bushings were hard to removed I could
> shake these out almost!A 2 year old could easily pull all these bushings out of
> my a arm.
> Clay
> Is this another weird Push Button thing?
>
Clay sent me photos of his bushings. Initialy I thought they don't appear
to fit the A-arms at all.
http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=32424
Then I figured out that he faked me out! Both ends have been slightly
withdrawn from the A-arm, which then shows a bunch of clearance. Right Clay?
That photo seems to show bushings which aren't fully installed, but in all
other respects appear perfectly normal.
You say your bushings have zero metal--yet there should be a steel sleeve
in the center, through which the mounting bolt passes. The washers you
mention are normally welded to the mounting tabs on the chassis.
I see absolutely nothing unusual here.
Mike
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