[DeTomaso] Chassis

[L GRAY]

..........Julian,
   .......don't repeat that last part too loudly in public !!!

Leslie A. Gray

> On Aug 16, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Chuck,
> 
>   I too have poly bushings and can only remember ever having greased them
>   once in my 10 years of ownership. I do now seem to recall there being
>   variants on the design, with was it Quella's that have a hexagonal
>   insert design? I believe that may restrict movement and squeaking
>   compared to the regular tube insert.
> 
>   Julian (some say I'm so tight I squeak when I walk...)
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
>   From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 3:52 PM
>   To: 'Jack Donahue'; 'Julian Kift'
>   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Chassis
> 
>   Dear Jack and Julian and Forum,
>                    I now have about 40 Pantera-man years on my two
>   Panteras and their early-nineties era Pantera Performance Center poly
>   bushings.  I do have zerks in the A arms.   In all that time, the
>   dreadful squeak plagued me once after the first installation *before* I
>   put the zerks in place.   Since then, they have thousands of miles and
>   a handful of trips from Oklahoma to Phoenix and Houston for Fun
>   Rallies.  No squeaking.   They do not get annual greasing.   They get
>   greased about once every three or four years because that is when I
>   remember to do it and not because they are squeaking.
>                   After having both Panteras for a few years with the
>   rubber bushings and then making the first conversion to polyurethane, I
>   much prefer the poly bushings with occasional lubrication with a grease
>   gun via the zerk fitting every *few* years.    In my opinion, poly
>   bushings are perfectly fine for the street, highway and track.
>                                   Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: DeTomaso [[1]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
>   Behalf Of Jack Donahue
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 4:43 PM
>   To: Julian Kift
>   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Chassis
>   I HIGHLY suggest the rubber vs poly...If you drive your car on the
>   street like most everyone else, you'll never appreciate the difference
>   - and it just ain't worth the effort every time she squeaks. It's
>   embarrassing.
>   Just sayin'
>   Jack
>   #4348
>> On Aug 15, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>   wrote:
>> 
>>  OEM rubber bushings don't squeak, but aftermarket poly bushings do,
>>  they require an annual greasing, so not necessarily 'bad', just
>   feeling
>>  unloved...
>> 
>>  Julian
>> 
>   __________________________________________________________________
>> 
>>  From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
>   of
>>  djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com <djenkins at vanguardtrailer.com>
>>  Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 4:06 PM
>>  To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>>  Subject: [DeTomaso] Chassis
>> 
>>  Hit a bump, step on the brake, turn the corner, the chassis squeaks
>   and
>>  groans. Is this bad bushings?
>>  ThanksSent from my Verizon LG Smartphone
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