[DeTomaso] Need an Oilite non-magnetic pilot busing

[Ken Green]

Doug,
   
       But how do you tell if there is a miss alignment?  The weight of the ZF seems to make it impossible to do it by feel.  And it appears to be a real potential problem because I think Tilton and others sell offset dowels to correct for errors.  I guess once a block is line bored, there can be errors?  Is there a template to lay against the block and then against the bell housing with the transmission bolted up to check for alignment?
   
  Ken

Douglas Kelm <dakelm at qwest.net> wrote:
  Larry,

Yes, a misaligned input shaft and flywheel would raise havoc with the pilot
bushing, but short of using offset alignment dowels, there is not much you
can do about it. I don't want to think that DeTomaso wouldn't have gotten
this right, because it's highly unlikely that only a few cars would be
affected. The ZF bellhousing to Ford block alignment was not hand fit to
each car! It was a production line machining process (all the same).

Doug Kelm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry - Ohio Time Corp" 
To: "'Douglas Kelm'" ; "'Ken Green'"
; "'Garth Rodericks'" ;
"'Mike Thomas'" ; 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:36 AM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Need an Oilite non-magnetic pilot busing


> Hi Doug,
>
> Any time I see a badly worn pilot bushing on what is most likely a low
miles
> car, I think misalignment of the input shaft. The input shaft and the
crank
> need to be on the same plane (if that is the right word). I did have a Doc
> around that had a very simple testing method...but as normal for me I
cannot
> find it.
>
> Larry - Cleveland
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On
> Behalf Of Douglas Kelm
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:03 PM
> To: Ken Green; Garth Rodericks; Mike Thomas; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Need an Oilite non-magnetic pilot busing
>
> The oillite bushing that I removed from my Pantera was clearly stamped
with
> the Ford logo - the word Ford inside an oval outline. It was also severely
> worn with a great amount of "slop" between it and the ZF input shaft, a
> situation that is definitely detrimental to the input shaft transmission
> bearing. I have an inherent distrust of needle bearing in an application
> like this, but I have come to believe, after talking at length with Dennis
> Quella and looking at my well worn bushing, that a needle bearing is the
> only way to go.
>
> Doug Kelm
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Green" 
> To: "Garth Rodericks" ; "Mike Thomas"
> ; 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Need an Oilite non-magnetic pilot busing
>
>
> > 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 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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