[DeTomaso] bump steer kit

[Asa Jay Laughton]

1973 L model SN 5533 is mine and we found it already had the bump  
steer kit installed, from the factory (or dealer).

Asa Jay

Quoting 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
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