[DeTomaso] MUSTANG ROTORS - WAS: Which Loctite

[John Taphorn]

Thanks Larry

I've grown a little lazy repeating myself on this thread.  I appreciate you 
chiming in to help with guidance.

To give full credit where it is due, I learned this application from Michael 
Frazier who originally posted the mod on this Forum.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fresnofinches at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:20 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] MUSTANG ROTORS - WAS: Which Loctite


> Ian,
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> This is too late for your installation, but it bears repeating.
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> John Taphorn has reported there IS a replacement 66 Mustang rotor that
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> is still supplied as a two piece unit. Hub/hat unit and a separate rotor, 
> the
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> two of them held together with the wheel studs.
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> This is an important design detail. Read on.
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> He further states that the shoulder size for the studs in this unit is the 
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> as the stock Pantera metric studs. Thus, you remove the metric studs from
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> your OEM rotor, remove the SAE studs from the new rotor,? and swap your
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> stock studs to the new assembly.
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> Your only mismatch will be the Pantera hub dust cover does not fit the
> Mustang hub.?
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> This item is supplied/made by Wagner. They are an old time USA brake 
> system
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> parts manufacturer, and no doubt tooled up for these Mustang units decades
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> ago, unlike the new China manufacturers. To save costs, the China units 
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> all one-piece hub/rotor pieces. Likewise, to save costs, Wagner continues 
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> make theirs as two piece units - as originally supplied by Ford on the 
> Mustang.
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> Additionally, John says the separated rotors can, with perhaps some minor
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> caliper grinding, be a direct swap for the REAR rotors, too. John has done
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> this install personally.
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> I have four of these sitting on the shelf, and hope to do the install this 
> winter.
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> Wagner part # is 60209. Made in the USA!!
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> RockAuto (located in Wisconsin) website shows they will sell, and ship,
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> TWO of these to my CA address for $145.89 - not each,? but BOTH.
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> Required dust covers are DORMAN # 13975:? $2.98 each.
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> Go to their home page -
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> http://tinyurl.com/8afqsp
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> Click 'part number search', punch in 'BD60209' (leave the other selection
> windows blank) and you're there.
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> Larry
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