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To really 'tune up' the suspension, consider investing a Saturday in installing grease 'zerk' fittings in your 6 expen$ive ball joints and two tierod ends. The stock Pantera got no zerk fittings at all, probably to save Ford 0.01¢ per fitting so most have not been greased since they left Italy. Auto parts stores sell zerks cheaply, the tap needed is 1/4-28, and the entire job can be done without removing anything from the car. The hardest part is getting the thing up high enough (on jackstands!) so the drill clears the ground. Lower ball joints and the tierod ends can be more easily serviced by using 65 or 90 degree zerk fittings, and the uppr ball joints need extended-length zerks due to the dropped centers where you must drill. The only tricky thing is, the covers you're drilling and tapping are thin sheet steel, so you only get about two threads. But that's enough to hold greasing pressure. This will positively increase the life of your costly balljoints and tierod ends, at very low cost and little installation trouble. And if things all 'go-to-worms' during the installation, wipe off the buggered-up hole, plug it with RTV and move on; some is better than none.