[DeTomaso] Rear Axles questions....
Christopher Kimball
chrisvkimball at msn.com
Thu Aug 7 21:38:17 EDT 2008
If you're referring to the note below, didn't it say weren't tapered? Of course, I wasn't sure what they were...!
Chris
From: doug at silicondesigns.com
To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Rear Axles questions....
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:03:46 -0700
Chris,
A minor correction: your Wilkinson rear axle bearings are ball
type bearings, not tapered.
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Kimball
[mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:15
PM
To: doug at silicondesigns.com; Asa Jay Laughton;
detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Rear Axles
questions....
It did all come from Wilkenson, but I can't
remember what kind they were, other than I believe they weren't tapered, but
one was a little wider than the other, I think.
Chris
>
From: doug at silicondesigns.com
> To: asajay at asajay.com;
detomaso at realbig.com
> CC: chrisvkimball at msn.com
> Subject: RE:
[DeTomaso] Rear Axles questions....
> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:14:10
-0700
>
> Asa Jay,
>
> Jeff Kimball, Mike Thomas and
I installed a pair of Wilkinson's new axles
> into Chris Kimball's car a
few months back. They looked like excellent
> pieces and we had no
problems with the install, especially with the use of
> Jeff's excellent
shop and tool set. If I needed new axles, Wilkinson's are
> the ones I'd
get. You'll have to ask Chris to be sure which bearing set he
> went
with but they were likely from Wilkinson as well.
>
> Doug
Braun
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On
Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 6:46
AM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Rear Axles
questions....
>
>
> Just when you thought it was safe to
go back in the garage... I get an
> email from Wilkinson, with a special
on his forged rear axles. Gah!
>
> Looks like it may be less
trouble to buy a new set of axles and the
> bearings that fit, rather
than try to find a set of appropriately sized
> bearings for my stock
axles. It might be cheaper for me to just find
> the bearings, but my
time is worth something too.
>
> So my question becomes, who has
experience with the forged axles from
> Wilkinson and what bearing sets
did you go with?
>
> Thanks,
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa
Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley
Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
> 1973 Pantera L 5533
>
[ASASCAT]
>
>
>
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