[DeTomaso] Mustang rotor swap question?

[John Taphorn]

I just went through this exercise again on my GT5.  I replaced the axles 
with the pair that I won at the Vegas raffle.  SInce my mustang rotors were 
showing wear.  (I use them front and rear) I decided to return them to 
O'reilly's for a free replacement.  Ya gotta luv these lifetime 
warrantees!!.  Well, they did cost a $100.  Actually, I thought this was 
rather cheap until I learned that the replacement discs for a modern VW 
beetle cost $10.  I mean - how can you make anything that weighs more than 5 
lbs that cheap?  But, I digress.

I knocked out the Mustang studs and with great effort hammered in the 
pantera studs.  They fit very tight!!  As they have in the past.

The only issue that I had on the fronts was fitting the dust cap.  The 
Pantera cap has a slightly larger diameter.  I turned the hub's cap receiver 
in a lathe to accommodate.

Everything else was plug and play on the front end.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Mustang rotor swap question?


> Hey guys,
>
> I know some of you have successfully installed 60s Mustang rotors on the
> front of your Panteras, and you made it sound pretty easy.   With this in 
> mind, I
> shipped a pair to Thierry Monney in Geneva, who was cooking his brakes
> charging down those Alpine passes.
>
> I was under the impression that all you needed to do was knock the Mustang
> studs out, install your old Pantera studs, and with a new set of bearings 
> and
> dust seals, you were ready to go.
>
> He reported that the Mustang studs are substantially larger in diameter, 
> so
> the Pantera studs spin in the rotor hub.   I also sent him a Mustang oil 
> seal,
> and the ID of the hole is 49mm, whereas the Pantera seal is 44mm.
>
> So, what is the experience from those of you who have done this, vis-a-vis
> stud swapping and sealing?
>
> Mike
>
>
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