[DeTomaso] bump steer kit

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/9/11 15 09 42, panteratime at aol.com writes:


> Folks--
> Im due for an alignment and before I went to a shop i thought i would 
> install the bump steer spacer I hear about.  Can someone point me in the 
> direction with regard to where to get it? Someone mentioned Pelican Parts-$14?   
> I assume its something i can install myself? 
> 

For some years, there were some highly dubious kits on the market that 
required you to drill out the already-thin holes in the spindle arms and install 
an adapter.   A much better solution is to simply install 10mm spacers 
under the rack mounts.

Your car is an L-model, isn't it?   If so, it probably came with those 
spacers from the factory.   

Part #32A in this diagram:

http://www.panterasbywilkinson.com/webpages/catalog/ill7c.html

Chuck Melton sells kits with custom-machined spacers and the appropriate 
10mm-longer bolts with lockwashers.   But if your car is an L-model you 
probably don't need to do anything.

I don't know at which point the rack spacers were introduced....

Mike