[DeTomaso] Need an Oilite non-magnetic pilot busing

[asajay at asajay.com]

Except that it doesn't go in the flywheel, it goes in the end of the  
crank so maybe you should contact that vendor, which would be Ford.   
Or, maybe looking at it the other way, the input shaft of the  
transmission needs to fit it, so perhaps we should contact the vendor  
of the ZF, which would be ZF, errrr. . . Lloyd Butfoy.  Sorry, that's  
a bit of sarcasm leaking out. :)

Actually, though the idea seems sound, it's really about the  
-combination- of components that makes the pilot bearing/bushing  
dimensions critical.  It needs to fit a Ford crankshaft in outer  
diameter, and a ZF input shaft in inner diameter.  That would be  
versus oh say a Ford 4-spd, which might have a different diameter  
input shaft.

So the best bet is to contact a Pantera Vendor, or RBT Trans in order  
to make sure you get the correct part.

And that's why there would be a "Pantera" pilot bushing.  :)

Asa Jay

Quoting Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>:

>       I don't understand why there would be a "Pantera" pilot   
> bushing.  I suppose that different flywheel manufacturers might   
> maintain different tollerances, and it might be better to get the   
> bushing from who ever made the flywheel.
>
>   Ken
>
> Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   <<< Which one of our vendors carries the non-magnetic Oilite   
> bronze pilot bushings? >>>
>
> I don't know about the vendors, but fellow Pantera owner and   
> machinist Marlin Jack (pantera1974 at verizon.net)
> makes a high quality oilite bronze pilot bushing for the Pantera.   
> Contact him directly for price.
>
> Cheers!
> Garth
> #4033
>
>
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