[DeTomaso] Pantera East urethane A arm bushings installation
Pantdino
pantdino at aol.com
Thu Jan 18 23:43:09 EST 2018
Just replaced my bushings today with the ones from Pantera East.
Here are the steps:
1) cut off smaller metal flange of the stock bushing with reciprocating saw
2) you can now see the rubber portion of the bushing between the inner and outer sleeves. Drill multiple small holes in the rubber component of the factory bushing, parallel to the long axis. This destroys the integrity of the bushing
3) push out the inner sleeve of the stock bushing. The rubber comes with it
4) coat everything with the silicone grease supplied and slide the urethane portion of the new bushing into the outer sleeve of the stock bushing, which is still in place in the A arm
5) slide the inner sleeve of the new bushing into place
Literally takes maybe 10 minutes per bushing.
That's it. No special tools or press needed, no danger of messing up the fairly frail A arm
I ordered another set to have on hand.
Jim Oddie
-----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
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> 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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Just replaced my bushings today with the ones from Pantera East.
Here are the steps:
1) cut off smaller metal flange of the stock bushing with reciprocating
saw
2) you can now see the rubber portion of the bushing between the inner
and outer sleeves. Drill multiple small holes in the rubber component
of the factory bushing, parallel to the long axis. This destroys the
integrity of the bushing
3) push out the inner sleeve of the stock bushing. The rubber comes
with it
4) coat everything with the silicone grease supplied and slide the
urethane portion of the new bushing into the outer sleeve of the stock
bushing, which is still in place in the A arm
5) slide the inner sleeve of the new bushing into place
Literally takes maybe 10 minutes per bushing.
That's it. No special tools or press needed, no danger of messing up
the fairly frail A arm
I ordered another set to have on hand.
Jim Oddie
-----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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