[DeTomaso] control arm bushings, thick shoulder in or out???

[Ken Green]

Mark,
 
    I should have made it clear that I have after market (I think urethane) bushings.  In each pair, one had a wider shoulder and one a narrower shoulder. I'll measure them tonight, but I'd guess the difference is about 1/10 of an inch.  Mine fit great, but differently in the front and rear, the wider had to be on the outside for the rear control arms to line up with the ears, but on the front, they fit with both thick shoulders on the same side, which lets me add caster by putting the thick shoulders to the front on the upper control arms and to the rear on the lower control arms.
 
Ken


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From: Mark Charlton <pantera01826 at rogers.com>
To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] control arm bushings, thick shoulder in or out???

Ken,

On my '71 Pantera the shoulders of the bushings are on the "outer" faces of the A-arms, but there is an "almost" equivalent amount of bushing extended through the tube on the "inside" so It should fit as you have noted. 

If yours didn't fit properly the first time you may have received some bushings that have more rounded shoulders (I had purchased two sets and one was much more round-shouldered than the other) than the factory originals and WOULD NOT have fit in the correct orientation, as you discovered.

Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com



On Sep 18, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I thought I had this figured out and the fatter shoulder was out on both bushings, and it fit that way in the rear.  Now putting the front back together, the control arms fit with one fat shoulder out and one thin shoulder out, which is cool because I can install the bushings to slightly increase caster, but is that how it is suppose to be?  The front control arm bushings would not slide into place with both fat shoulder out.
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> Ken
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