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

[Pantdino]

So does one take his A arm to a machine shop with a press and trust them to not damage the A arm?


I'll have to check my notes, but I didn't burn it out.  I think I did it with drill bits or Dremel type devices.



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Cc: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 9:41 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Are all the suspension arm bushings the same size?

Julian,

You’re right. Because of the difficulty of pressing out the stock bushings, for a time one vendor was selling undersize poly bushings that were designed to press not into the A-arm, but rather into the remnant of the stock bushing. You would have to remove the rest of it somehow, perhaps by burning it out?

Mega-dumb idea IMHO.

Mike

Sent from my iPad

> On Jan 16, 2018, at 22:50, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   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-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>   Pantdino via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
>   Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7:44 PM
>   To: 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 <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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   So does one take his A arm to a machine shop with a press and trust
   them to not damage the A arm?

   I'll have to check my notes, but I didn't burn it out.  I think I did
   it with drill bits or Dremel type devices.
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
   To: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
   Cc: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>; detomaso
   <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 9:41 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Are all the suspension arm bushings the
   same size?
   Julian,
   Youare right. Because of the difficulty of pressing out the stock
   bushings, for a time one vendor was selling undersize poly bushings
   that were designed to press not into the A-arm, but rather into the
   remnant of the stock bushing. You would have to remove the rest of it
   somehow, perhaps by burning it out?
   Mega-dumb idea IMHO.
   Mike
   Sent from my iPad
   > On Jan 16, 2018, at 22:50, Julian Kift <[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
   wrote:
   >
   > 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-[2]bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
   behalf of
   > Pantdino via DeTomaso <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7:44 PM
   > To: [4]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 <[5]pantdino at aol.com>
   > To: DeTomaso <[6]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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