Banski Rear Suspension Impressions

[tomtom72]

Yes, I hear you about the "well, the rubber still looks good" trap.....not bad mouthing the Tech I had do my front over in any way either. The tech was trying to be honest & prevent me spending cash needlessly. I understand what your experience is teaching the rest of us. I thank you for the effort to continue this discussion and help us all with what you learned.

Also, it's nice to know that the guys at Banski are approachable. I was doing my comparo's of VB&P vs DRM vs Banski off of list prices and what I thought I was getting for my cash. I was going over to Dick Gulstrand's site also and look around to see what they had to offer too. After my research I had DRM's brackets + Banski's entire kit and maybe some Heim joints from Dick's site on my parts list.....than reality set in!

Did you do the bat wing mounts also? I know that's a dumb Q on the surface, but in my case I have no place to work so I have to plan my projects in terms of what labor I can afford at any given time vs what I might be able to do in my parking space quickly.

I know I talk too much & if I'm being a PIA just tell me to shut up! I do thank you for sharing the light!


Tom

[RICKYRJ1]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

Yes, I hear you about the "well, the rubber still looks good" trap.....not bad mouthing the Tech I had do my front over in any way either. The tech was trying to be honest & prevent me spending cash needlessly. I understand what your experience is teaching the rest of us. I thank you for the effort to continue this discussion and help us all with what you learned.

Also, it's nice to know that the guys at Banski are approachable. I was doing my comparo's of VB&P vs DRM vs Banski off of list prices and what I thought I was getting for my cash. I was going over to Dick Gulstrand's site also and look around to see what they had to offer too. After my research I had DRM's brackets + Banski's entire kit and maybe some Heim joints from Dick's site on my parts list.....than reality set in!

Did you do the bat wing mounts also? I know that's a dumb Q on the surface, but in my case I have no place to work so I have to plan my projects in terms of what labor I can afford at any given time vs what I might be able to do in my parking space quickly.

I know I talk too much & if I'm being a PIA just tell me to shut up! I do thank you for sharing the light!


Tom

Tom, my garage is always open for you. If it is a weekend job you can stay the nite or take one of my cars home. Let me know what you need.

[pantera1683]

Tom,

Pain in the rear, are you kidding? This is what the brotherhood is all about .

I didn't do the Batwing bushings only because from what I've read it didn't seem like it was worth the effort. However, if I ever have the Batwing off for any other reason I will change them. The same goes for the power steering bushings.

[pantera1683]

Tom,

You're in Mt. Vernon? Man, the roads up there are terrible. You will truly love the Banski's driving on those roads.

[tomtom72]

This is corny but you guys know that quote "it's not the car, it's the people.."

Well I truly believe our club, our Brotherhood is as good an example of that quote as you could possibly find anywhere.

Rick, thanks man! I'm gonna start reworking the ZR-1 operating budget proposal for 2011 right now! I was looking at the FSM & the picts over at Banski....not to be a wise guy, but Banski's kit looks pretty straight forward to install. I figure 8 hrs and then a wheel alignment and I'm dunn!

Pantera, That's a big huge 10-4 on the roads up here! They sometimes resemble goat paths at the worst of times, and at best they can be kind of okay....as long as you can dodge the pot holes & the asphalt pebbles!...oh, I forgot the steel construction plates too! Plus there are just too many darn cars that get in the way too!

thanks guys!

[GOLDCYLON]

Just purchased the trailing arms. Need to get mine back to the ZF-DOC which were loaner set. Thanks for the post up and lead

[GOLDCYLON]

Update trailing arms delivered. Nice looking product. I saved $40 in a price match with the other vendor that "Kris" mentioned vise Banksi. I forgot to order the boot covers but have placed an order for those as well. Now that the ZFDOCs 89 Wide body LS1 powered vette is running again we will do the swap in a few weeks. Again thanks for the lead Kris

[tomtom72]

Okay I have my flame suit on.....I was looking over the banski and VB&P stuff with the spherical ends.

Banski's stuff has no grease fittings; but has covers. VB&P has grease fittings; but no covers that I could find.

Banski's stuff has a better adjustment locking system than VB&P jam nut deal.

Some of the sockets on the VB&P stuff looks to be a bit bigger than the Banski sockets...I'm defining "sockets" as the sphere holder.

The VB&P camber rods (they call them strut rods ) come with what look to be DRM relocation brackets. The DRM brackets move the attachment point on the diff to a position that allows for more resistance to camber change thru the vertical movement of the tire, DRM's words not mine.

I sent an e-mail to VB&P asking some questions about the brackets.

I'm leaning in Banski's direction. It's just I like the grease fitting idea also, I think? I was going to spring for the DRM camber rod and trailing arm brackets anyway because I think they would help even on the street....the way I corner...sometimes...

Any thoughts?

Tom

[pantera1683]

The Banski's don't require greasing because the bearings they use are teflon lined.

[tomtom72]

Originally Posted by pantera1683

The Banski's don't require greasing because the bearings they use are teflon lined.

Thanks....if I had looked enough I would have seen that! I was getting cross-eyed going from one site to the other.

I will mull this over. I'm going to either call Banski or e-mail them to see what they would still be willing to do with their price.

I wonder how long the teflon will last if you buy the covers? Sometimes I think I think too much!