Dear Forum, The issue of loose or not U joints has come up. The C clips and paint are intact without bare metal showing. I can't remember the simple drill that, I think, begins with jacking up the rear of the Pantera and then..rotating the wheel back and forth??? Clarification is welcome. Warmest regards, Chuck Engles Dear Forum, The issue of loose or not U joints has come up. The C clips and paint are intact without bare metal showing. I can't remember the simple drill that, I think, begins with jacking up the rear of the Pantera and then....rotating the wheel back and forth??? Clarification is welcome. Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
Hi Chuck, You are correct the U-Joints will usually show wear fore and aft. Generally you hold / lock one end of the shaft and then move the other end fore and aft to look for play. I see no reason this could not be done by jacking up the wheel to do it, but our sense of feel in our hands is important too. If it feels good at the wheel also check it at the shaft by hand (and eye). I must say the best way is to have it off the car. A U-Joint can be tight fore and aft but yet feel "clickie" when mover around from being dry or rusty. Larry (never been in the joint) - Cleveland -----Original Message----- From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Charles Engles Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 10:33 PM To: detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: How to check U joints integrity? Dear Forum, The issue of loose or not U joints has come up. The C clips and paint are intact without bare metal showing. I can't remember the simple drill that, I think, begins with jacking up the rear of the Pantera and then..rotating the wheel back and forth??? Clarification is welcome. Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
Once upon a time in the Land of Oz, I had a LTD on jack stands in preparation of transmission removal. The engine ran fine until the transmission was put into drive. The 390 engine could not pull the car to highway speed. While removing the drive shaft it was discovered a U-joint was tight, tight, tight. After joint replacement car ran fine again. I would not have believed it had I not seen it for myself. Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! ) From: Larry - Ohio Time <Larry@ohiotimecorp.com> To: 'Charles Engles' <cengles@cox.net>; detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: How to check U joints integrity? Hi Chuck, You are correct the U-Joints will usually show wear fore and aft. Generally you hold / lock one end of the shaft and then move the other end fore and aft to look for play. I see no reason this could not be done by jacking up the wheel to do it, but our sense of feel in our hands is important too. If it feels good at the wheel also check it at the shaft by hand (and eye). I must say the best way is to have it off the car. A U-Joint can be tight fore and aft but yet feel "clickie" when mover around from being dry or rusty. Larry (never been in the joint) - Cleveland -----Original Message----- From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Charles Engles Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 10:33 PM To: detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: How to check U joints integrity? Dear Forum, The issue of loose or not U joints has come up. The C clips and paint are intact without bare metal showing. I can't remember the simple drill that, I think, begins with jacking up the rear of the Pantera and then..rotating the wheel back and forth??? Clarification is welcome. Warmest regards, Chuck Engles _______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum NO LONGER Managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of list messages. Once upon a time in the Land of Oz, I had a LTD on jack stands in preparation of transmission removal. The engine ran fine until the transmission was put into drive. The 390 engine could not pull the car to highway speed. While removing the drive shaft it was discovered a U-joint was tight, tight, tight. After joint replacement car ran fine again. I would not have believed it had I not seen it for myself. Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! ) __________________________________________________________________ From: Larry - Ohio Time <Larry@ohiotimecorp.com> To: 'Charles Engles' <cengles@cox.net>; detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: How to check U joints integrity? Hi Chuck, You are correct the U-Joints will usually show wear fore and aft. Generally you hold / lock one end of the shaft and then move the other end fore and aft to look for play. I see no reason this could not be done by jacking up the wheel to do it, but our sense of feel in our hands is important too. If it feels good at the wheel also check it at the shaft by hand (and eye). I must say the best way is to have it off the car. A U-Joint can be tight fore and aft but yet feel "clickie" when mover around from being dry or rusty. Larry (never been in the joint) - Cleveland -----Original Message----- From: DeTomaso [mailto:[1]detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Charles Engles Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 10:33 PM To: [2]detomaso@server.detomasolist.com Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno Question: How to check U joints integrity? Dear Forum, The issue of loose or not U joints has come up. The C clips and paint are intact without bare metal showing. I can't remember the simple drill that, I think, begins with jacking up the rear of the Pantera and then..rotating the wheel back and forth??? Clarification is welcome. Warmest regards, Chuck Engles _______________________________________________ Detomaso Forum NO LONGER Managed by POCA Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes DeTomaso mailing list [3]DeTomaso@server.detomasolist.com [4]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above. 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