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

[michael frazier]

From: red3644 at hotmail.comTo: wkooiman at earthlink.netSubject: RE: [DeTomaso] Desperate need for...now Rear UprightsDate: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:48:09 -0500


 Do you think all of that is overkill for 100hp?  Will. HEY! That's 130hp.  I think the axles will be OK.  If not I'll just turn a set up from a nice piece of oak.      Thanks to everybody for all the help.  I've done this several times before, but sometimes you just run intoone of those extra fun projects.  I didn't try very hard to get the bearings of the axles since I need to go thelocal supplier to get new ones anyway.  Jack, this retainer aint gonna be blacksmithed back into shape :)Once it was shaped something like a coffee cup, a plasma cutter put it out of its misery.  The axles wereobviously modified to correct the originally too lose fit.  Maybe they're a bit too tight now.  We'll see afterthe bearings are off.  I think the oversized area near the splines can be addressed by hand with a fine fileand a little time.      The Big Bend race is April 23-26!!  We need another car for the team.  I secured an extra room inFt. Stockton just in case.  With all the earlier turmoil this event is really hopping now.  I don't carewhat else is said, this is the best ORR event out there. :)  Do it!MichaelGruppo Rompiculi Corsa Dammit       > 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> Deryke**************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on> AOL> Home.(http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=ao> lhom00030000000001) > _________________________________________________________________> In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger.> http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh> _realtime_042008> _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> > > _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso

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