DeTomaso Mailing List: June 97, Message #181
     



From: "Paul Timko" <TheDrol@msn.com>

Subject: Rear Suspension A-Arm mounting bushings

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 97 03:19:20 UT



Okay so that is a complicated subject, but it is accurate.  I was cleaning up 

my engine compartment while waiting for that last two parts for my engine.  In 

the process I removed the cross-member between the mounting brackets for the 

front of the rear lower a-arms.  Where the rear mounting bracket for this 

a-arm enters the frame, I noticed some stress fractures.  In fact, the inside 

of the passenger bushing has completely come away from the frame.  This looks 

VERY bad to me.  



Now that I know there is a problem here, I can't rightly put it back and hope 

that it will go away.  Somehow I feel that the process of it "going away" will 

end up with me at least stranded somewhere and at worst seriously damaged.  

So, I need to fix this.  I was hoping that this is a common weak spot and 

there is a simple kit that everyone has already bought and installed.  So, if 

one of you wonderful people out there could just tell me where to buy this 

miracle kit, I will be driving by then end of the month.  



Okay, back to being serious, how do I get this fixed?  Is there a bushing I 

can buy with the same ID but a larger OD that can be mounted in the same 

place?  Or do I need to get a MASTER (read expensive) welder out to reattach 

this bushing to the frame, with perhaps a plate on the inside of the frame?  



At this point all suggestions are being taken, and all ideas eagerly listened 

to.



HELP!!!!!



Paul Timko

A broken #9270 



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