Re: Sloppy handling

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 7:56 AM 2/1/00, Storhok, Eric (E.M.) wrote:
>I'd like to agree with the bushings opinion.  One of the least looked at
>bushings is the trunion arm bushing which laterally holds the rear axle.  If
>this is shot, as you hit a bump in a corner, the rear will move quite a bit,
>and make the car feel loose.
>
>If I were to go through the trouble of changing this, I would also do the
>trailing arm bushings as well.  All this should really tighten up the rear
>end.
>
>Same thing for the front- although the lower a arm bushings are really
>small, they, too, can wear out.
>
>This all could be lots of work, but should be worth it.  BTW, if you are not
>going to do competition work with the car, use stock bushings- they work
>pretty darn well (for 60k as mentioned before...).
>
If you want to spend some extra on bushings, and if you can find a set of
the "Uniball" units for the three points on the rear trunion, This is the
place where you DEFINITELY get the most improvement for the effort!

Greg

>Eric Storhok
>Core Emissions and Fuel Economy Team
>Advanced Powertrain Engineering
>(313)33x75011
>MD 35, FPC-B
>Ford Motor Company

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