[DeTomaso] Squeaky suspension

[Rob Dumoulin]

Will, what made you marry a woman that squeaked in the first place?

On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Will Kooiman wrote:

> My cars used to make the worst noises.
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> It took a lot of research until I determined it was coming from the
> passenger's seat.  I changed my wife, and the problem went away.
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> My Pantera's squeaks were the sway bar bushings, both front and rear.
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> Will
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> On 10/12/13 7:33 AM, "michael at michaelshortt.com <javascript:;>" <
> michaelsavga at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
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> >Ditto, I have poly bushings everywhere and that comes with it at no
> >additional charge.
> >Otherwise, maybe if you do not have poly, your rubber ones have dried out
> >and hardened. Do you live in a dry climate?
> >Of course this assumes that you have solid metal, if tou have any rust
> >issues, could be metal against metal squeaking, but to be that bad, a
> >little noise would be the least of your problems.
> >
> >Michael
> >On Oct 12, 2013 3:15 AM, <JDeRyke at aol.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
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> >> If your Pantera was modified from stock and has aftermarket polyurethane
> >> a-arm bushings or polyurethane swaybar bushings, they will often squeek
> >>if
> >> not
> >> lubed now & then. Stock in both places was rubber which doesn't squeek.
> >> Another place is the bottom of the rear shocks; the stock rubber
> >>bushings
> >> collapse over time, allowing the wt of the car to sag the shock(s)
> >>enough
> >> so
> >> the steel body will contact the a-arm mounting bracket. Metal to metal
> >>will
> >> squeek. Look for shiny metal areas.
> >> And any number of loose suspension bolts or worn ball joints/tie rod
> >>ends
> >> may cause a squeek. Time to put the car up on jackstands, slide
> >>underneath
> >> and start trying to move things with your hands or even a pry bar.
> >>Good
> >> luck- J Deryke
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