[DeTomaso] Half shaft issue

[Göran Malmberg]

I shrinked my yoke and rehoned it to original size, two holes. Has worked 
for 15 years now. El-weld all around the outer side and much heatto melt out 
the welding pin nicely. Want me to mail an image? In that case, mail mi a 
blank mail to return on.
hemipanter at hemipanter.se
Goran
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Weston" <lplugw at hotmail.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 3:12 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Half shaft issue


>
> I've had a u joint cap do the spin thing in my right outer u joint. Turns 
> out I had a full set of the sleeved spicer P461 u joints in my stock half 
> shafts. Tough to see those sleeves in the assembled shafts, particularly 
> in the car. I've removed them all intending to get a set of proper stock 
> replacements (Pantera East lists them at $40./ea) but it looks like I'm 
> going to need another end yoke section.
>
> I checked it with a mike and the affected yoke bore at 1.2615+" is about 
> .0015" larger than the rest of them (1.260"). Is there an economical way 
> of shrinking the offending bore and resizeing it? The notion of using stud 
> and bearing retainer or some similar locktite product to secure the cap 
> was also floated but I'm not to keen on that idea.
>
> Otherwise, I'm hoping someone out there has a good yoke or maybe a used 
> half shaft with at least one salvageable end they'd sell me?
>
> And, before I order the new u joints can someone confirm that the bores in 
> the stock half shaft yokes were NOT modified by honing or boring to accept 
> the sleeved u joints? I don't think they were but it would be nice to be 
> sure.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Larry.
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