[DeTomaso] Rear upright rebuild

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Sat Jul 26 11:15:03 EDT 2008


I knew mine were in pretty decent shape.  The previous owner took good 
care of the car and I've had no reason to believe anything was wrong 
with the rear axle bearing (though I guess you really never know for sure).

:)
Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1973 Pantera L 5533
[ASASCAT]
    
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Will Kooiman wrote:
> It could have been a lot worse.
>
> When we took my upright apart, a couple of ball bearings went "tink tink".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:07 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Rear upright rebuild
>
> I have some preliminary photos of the greasy mess found in my uprights:
>
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/gallery2/v/asajay/pantera/rear_uprights/
>
> I'll start cleaning tomorrow.
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
> 1973 Pantera L 5533
> [ASASCAT]
>     
> ******************************     
> http://www.asajay.com
> http://www.351c.info
>   
>
>
>
> asajay at asajay.com wrote:
>   
>> Jack,
>>
>> Thank you for the specs.  I'm not sure my micrometer goes to that  
>> digit, but I'll find out tonight.
>>
>> A member of Panteras Northwest graciously loaned me a -proper-  
>> spanner, which was used to remove the axle nuts, and will be used  
>> again to put new ones on.  I plan on returning it to him when I am  
>> finished.  I'll still need to build a counterlever though.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
>> Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> In a message dated 7/25/08 9:07:22 AM, asajay at asajay.com writes:
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> What are my bearing options if I don't want to machine the upright?
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Bearings come in a huge variety of styles. Use ball bearings with real
>>>       
> seals,
>   
>>> not dust shields. Check the wear marks on your axles first though 'cause
>>>       
> a
>   
>>> variation of 0.001" down from the spec of 1.5748" will cause the   
>>> axle to wobble
>>> with brand new bearings. And that 4th decimal IS critical, taking a
>>> 5-significant-number micrometer to determine.
>>> Be sure to buy the axle nut spanner-socket that completely encloses the
>>>       
> axle
>   
>>> nut. The ones with prongs on their ends rather than in the insides, will
>>>       
> slip
>   
>>> at 400+ ft-lbs of torque. And a long chunk of steel with two holes
>>>       
> drilled in
>   
>>> one end for two wheel studs will hold the assembly (someone can simply
>>>       
> stand
>   
>>> on it) while you torque the nut. Good luck- J DeRyke
>>>
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