[DeTomaso] Two Pantera Questions

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/08 23 08 25, hemipanter at hemipanter.se writes:


> Are you sure the cracking is not comming from vertical loads as the
> gearbox is trying to lift the engine? In first gear we have 10 times
> the engine Tq comming out to the rear wheels, making the gearbox
> trying to rotate around the rear axle.
> 
> >>>You may very well be right.   What happens is that the small studs that 
> attach the gearbox to the tail mount snap.   Whether it's due to rotation, or 
> up-and-down movement, I don't know.   But in any case, it's bad!
> 
Mike
> 


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