[DeTomaso] Fw: Re: Suspension bushings - extraction

[Curt Hall]

--- On Sun, 4/1/12, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


From: Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Suspension bushings - extraction
To: JDeRyke at aol.com
Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 12:39 AM







I took mine to a local place that builds race stock cars (or something like that) any way it took them about two hours, and I think about $150/$175? I thought it was fair since I don't have the tools or the know how! Hey it worked for me!
 
Good Luck
Curt

--- On Sat, 3/31/12, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:


From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Suspension bushings - extraction
To: fisher95020 at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012, 11:40 PM


You're into one of the most miserable jobs on a Pantera and there are 16 to 
do. The washer ends are pressed on to some bushings, then staked, so a firm 
hit with a chisel will often knock that washer off. Others seem integral to 
the bucking and theres no way to tell which is which. As you may have 
found, the old rubber presses out of the steel sleeves pretty easily; to make the 
job simpler, one vendor used to offer polyurethane bushings that fit the 
remaining steel sleeves. So they need not be removed at all. Dunno if they're 
still available.
There is no good way to remove the sleeves: if you were going into the 
business, a clamp-jig could be made up. Some slice through them on one side with 
a jab-saw but it takes superhuman skill to split the sleeve without also 
scarring the a-arm recepticle. I have no doubt that a cutting torch could also 
be used, or a milling machine, but I'm content to do as you're doing now 
with the press. If you crack an arm, they are mild steel and can be 
straightened & rewelded without incident. Good luck- J Deryke
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