[DeTomaso] Squeaky suspension

[Jack Donahue]

With all the talk about squeaky polyurethane bushings, which I have,I see Hall offers "rubber bushings"   - looks like I am going to lube up all the A-arm bushings, so why not convert back to rubber? I also have Hall's duel-zerked carrier shafts. 

On Oct 15, 2013, at 11:20 AM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 10/15/13 3 44 1, shbailey at att.net writes:
> 
> 
>> Mike Drew covered the concern for frozen shafts in the hub carrier. He is 
>> correct about this concern. When I built my car Hall Panera had a mod for 
>> that, He sold shafts that were machined to a accept grease at the bearing 
>> locations. All you had to do was drill and tap the carrier at the bearings 
>> for zerk fittings.
>> 
> 
>>>> My car is equipped with a different version, which are no longer be 
> available?   Mine shafts have a zerk fitting in one end, and are gun-drilled 
> through the center and then have holes and cavities to allow grease to get 
> between the shaft and the inner sleeve, although it does not address the hub 
> carrier bearings.
> 
> I don't know why they are no longer available, as they work quite well.   I 
> was dreading the task of removing them for inspection, but was pleasantly 
> surprised that they came out with nothing but gentle taps.   The fit is 
> absolutely precise, there was grease from one end to the other, and in general, 
> things were all tickety-boo.
> 
> Having said that, I made no attempt to remove the sleeve from the center of 
> the hub carrier.   Ideally, the shaft and sleeve are to remain fixed 
> together, and the sleeve is supposed to rotate inside the hub carrier bearings.  
> The current kits are designed to promote this, by enabling a grease path from 
> the underside of the hub carrier, through to the outside of the sleeve, and 
> thence to the bearings. 
> 
> http://hallpantera.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-product.cgi?d=hallpantera-inc&
> item=22512
> 
> This keeps things rotating nicely, but doesn't address the issue of the 
> center shaft potentially rusting to the inside of the sleeve.
> 
> In this scenario, the suspension will operate perfectly well but could be 
> next to impossible to take apart.   I think the ideal scenario would be to 
> have both types of lubrication.   (I really have no way of knowing if my 
> sleeves are rotating in the hub carriers as intended, or if my suspension is 
> rotating on the shaft instead, which would certainly be less optimal).
> 
> Mike
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