[DeTomaso] Pantera East urethane A arm bushings installation

Fri Jan 19 10:49:19 EST 2018

If you are going down that road, I've got a ford 2.0 pinto engine you can have, it's much easier to drop in than a V8 and you'll never notice the difference......

Seriously, the bushings are not hard to do, but you do need a press and a sleeve (or old socket) just a tad smaller diameter than the a-arm to press directly on the bushing outer, anything that presses on the inner or rubber is futile.

As many options there are in the poly bushings, I still think the oem rubber style provide the best ride for a street car and no annual greasing required.

Julian
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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Joseph F. Byrd, Jr. <byrdjf at embarqmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 7:33 AM
To: 'Pantdino'
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera East urethane A arm bushings installation

Thanks Jim.

Sort of now wish I had not started pressing out the outer sleeve.

Are you pressing the smaller flange through the bore of the outer sleeve or pressing from the end you just cut off.

(The smaller flange is what I am pressing on to push the outer sleeve out.)

Would you be able to measure what the inside bore of that outer sleeve is once the rubber is removed.  I would like to know and add to my notes.

Joe

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Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera East urethane A arm bushings installation

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

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   If you are going down that road, I've got a ford 2.0 pinto engine you
   can have, it's much easier to drop in than a V8 and you'll never notice
   the difference......

   Seriously, the bushings are not hard to do, but you do need a press and
   a sleeve (or old socket) just a tad smaller diameter than the a-arm to
   press directly on the bushing outer, anything that presses on the inner
   or rubber is futile.

   As many options there are in the poly bushings, I still think the oem
   rubber style provide the best ride for a street car and no annual
   greasing required.
   Julian
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
   Joseph F. Byrd, Jr. <byrdjf at embarqmail.com>
   Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 7:33 AM
   To: 'Pantdino'
   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera East urethane A arm bushings
   installation

   Thanks Jim.

   Sort of now wish I had not started pressing out the outer sleeve.
   Are you pressing the smaller flange through the bore of the outer
   sleeve or pressing from the end you just cut off.
   (The smaller flange is what I am pressing on to push the outer sleeve
   out.)
   Would you be able to measure what the inside bore of that outer sleeve
   is once the rubber is removed.  I would like to know and add to my
   notes.
   Joe
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   From: DeTomaso [[1]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf Of Pantdino via DeTomaso
   Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 23:43 PM
   To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; julian_kift at hotmail.com
   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera East urethane A arm bushings installation
   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
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