[DeTomaso] Shocks

[Julian Kift]

Carrera was acquired by QA1, the latter of which I personally think are decent shocks for the money. They are available in both bushed and heim ends and single or double adjustable from retailers like Summit Racing.
Moreover specific to your 'clunk' I wonder if the shocks had just been bolted up without consideration of the fact that the heim ends are imperial sized whereas the Pantera shock mounting is metric. It's about a 0.030" diameter difference, but remember that is each end of the shock and some significant 'play'! I mounted my QA1's with a spacer that steps into the heim bore to take up the difference. The alternative would be to ream out the shock mount and switch to an Imperial bolt size.
Julian

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 23:01:10 -0400
> To: rimovp at gmail.com; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shocks
> 
> 
> In a message dated 5/16/13 16 37 56, rimovp at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> > So what at people using for replacement shocks these days? I had Carrera 
> > shocks on my old car and I guess they worked pretty well, but I never much 
> > cared for the cluck clunk of the Heim-Joints all the time.
> > 
> 
> >>>I really like the Konis I got from Pantera East.   They have heim joints 
> too, but no noise after many years of use.   My Carreras never made any 
> noise either, come to think of it?   Are you sure your shocks were the source 
> of the noise?
> 
> Mike
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