[DeTomaso] Fwd: Are all the suspension arm bushings the same size?

[Pantdino]

The thinking at the time was that the thin sheet metal which makes up the A arm is easily bent if too much force is applied trying to get the old bushing out. (Or I imagine if the outer sleeve is seized to the A arm, the round opening in the A arm could be distorted / destroyed even if a press were used exactly correctly.)


 


Yes, it was a pain getting the rubber out of the outer sleeve. But after 40 years the rubber isn't bonded all that well to the metal anymore. :)



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From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 7:50 pm
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Yes, they are all the same, however I am perplexed by the statement that your replacement bushings are designed to fit in the sleeves of the originals, as the rubber in those is bonded to the inner and outer, so you would have to torch the rubber out? That seems a hokey half-ass solution to a problem that doesn't exist!



Julian

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Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Are all the suspension arm bushings the same size?
 

Wilkinson's website shows the same part number for all the bushings, upper and lower, front and rear, so I guess that confirms it

Thanks
Jim
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From: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
To: DeTomaso <DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 7:39 pm
Subject: Are all the suspension arm bushings the same size?

I replaced my rear A-arm bushings a while ago, and now the fronts need to be done.

I have graphite-impregnated urethane bushings from when I ordered a set back then, but are the front bushings different from the rear ones?  Pantera East doesn't seem to have a website anymore.

PPC's parts seems to imply they are, but does anyone know for sure?

(I have the ones that are sized to go inside the outer sleeve of the old bushing, in case you were wondering.)

Thanks,
Jim










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   The thinking at the time was that the thin sheet metal which makes up
   the A arm is easily bent if too much force is applied trying to get the
   old bushing out. (Or I imagine if the outer sleeve is seized to the A
   arm, the round opening in the A arm could be distorted / destroyed even
   if a press were used exactly correctly.)


   Yes, it was a pain getting the rubber out of the outer sleeve. But
   after 40 years the rubber isn't bonded all that well to the metal
   anymore. :)
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
   To: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; detomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 7:50 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Are all the suspension arm bushings the
   same size?
   Yes, they are all the same, however I am perplexed by the statement
   that your replacement bushings are designed to fit in the sleeves of
   the originals, as the rubber in those is bonded to the inner and outer,
   so you would have to torch the rubber out? That seems a hokey half-ass
   solution to a problem that doesn't exist!
   Julian
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-[1]bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf
   of Pantdino via DeTomaso <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7:44 PM
   To: [3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Are all the suspension arm bushings the same
   size?

   Wilkinson's website shows the same part number for all the bushings,
   upper and lower, front and rear, so I guess that confirms it
   Thanks
   Jim
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Pantdino <[4]pantdino at aol.com>
   To: DeTomaso <[5]DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 7:39 pm
   Subject: Are all the suspension arm bushings the same size?
   I replaced my rear A-arm bushings a while ago, and now the fronts need
   to be done.
   I have graphite-impregnated urethane bushings from when I ordered a set
   back then, but are the front bushings different from the rear ones?
   Pantera East doesn't seem to have a website anymore.
   PPC's parts seems to imply they are, but does anyone know for sure?
   (I have the ones that are sized to go inside the outer sleeve of the
   old bushing, in case you were wondering.)
   Thanks,
   Jim

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