[DeTomaso] Desperate need for...now Rear Uprights

Will Kooiman wkooiman at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 30 10:26:25 EDT 2008


Do you think all of that is overkill for 100hp?

I have 2 original axles in good condition I can send you with the axle nut
socket.  I'm going to try to find a FedEx store open today.

Will. 

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of michael frazier
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:13 AM
To: jderyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Desperate need for...now Rear Uprights


OK, here is what I found on this set up.  I got the nuts off and Will
Kooiman is sending me a socket I'll need
to put it all back together.  The uprights have been modified (at Pantera
Preformance I suppose since the car has
a ton of PPC stickered upgrade parts) with the greaseable lower pivot shaft
with new inserts and sliding tubes and shafts...very nice.   It also has
been modified with extended studs and Wilwood brake hats so the rotors fit
outside of the axle flange and come right off.  The axles have been built up
and remachined for a tighter fit on the inside bearing which fit too loose
on the original axles.  Here is where two problems cropped up.  First, the
increased diameter section of the  axle shaft continued all the way down to
the area of the splines and in fact did not allow the yoke to go down far
enough to make good contact with the spacer and put sufficient pressure on
the bearings.  That's where the the play in the yoke came from.  The next
issue came up while I was pressing the axles out.  With the rotors off it
was easy brace the upright in the press using the caliper  mounting flanges
as support.  But!  the out side bearings near the axle flange fit too tight
and would not release at all.  I actually bent the outer bearing retainer
plate before I realized what was going on.  I now need one of  those 4 holed
flat plated if anyone has one sitting around.  I was able to remove the
screws on the other one  before pressing it out.  The bearings are still
tight on the axles and I couldn't get them to budge.  I'll take them to one
of the local bearing shops and let a pro deal with those.  That's where I'm
now.
Less than a month to go till Big Bend and a disassembled Pantera.  If anyone
has one of the outside bearing retainer
plates I could really use one right now.  Thanks.
Michael
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa Y'all


From: JDeRyke at aol.comDate: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:18:16 -0400Subject: Re:
[DeTomaso] Desperate need for...To: red3644 at hotmail.com;
detomaso at realbig.comIn a message dated 3/29/08 10:04:54 AM,
red3644 at hotmail.com writes:
I also noticed that the yoke under the nut seemed to have a little play
between the splines on the yoke and the axle...is that OK?  Too much
clearance here will give you a thunk when changing gears and may cause a
vibration when accelerating hard. It can come from wear of the parts or from
looseness in the assembly -especially if you've had the axles commercially
converted to tapered rollers by some vendors. If the stock ball bearings are
still there but the separating spacer between the bearing races inside is
too short, even tightening the nut to 1000 ft-lbs won't take up all the
slack 'cause the yoke splines can bottom in the axle splines which are not
full length. First, get the nut off.... Good luck- J
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