[DeTomaso] Looking for parts

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Mon Jul 6 10:01:14 EDT 2009


I may be all wet here, but..... there is absolutely no attachment point 
from the a-arms to the exhaust.  The only thing raising the a-arm would 
do, is put it into contact with the pipes if the pipes were too low, in 
which case they should be raised until they don't contact the a-arm 
anymore.  So raising the a-arms should be a "don't care" kind of thing.

In fact, when I was jacking the ZF up to get the pan off, the exhaust 
raised on it's own, -without- raising the a-arms.

Or am I missing something here?

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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Dave McManus wrote:
> Sorry I should have added this-
> Tightening the three bolts & keeping the tail pipes aligned with the body
> opening was a nightmare until William Suarez figured out the problem (credit
> where credit is due):
>
> If the A arms are hanging (car on jack stands etc,) you need to raise them.
> I raised the rotor or base of the a arm with a floor jack. 
>
> IndyDave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikeldrew at aol.com [mailto:mikeldrew at aol.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 2:43 PM
> To: guson at home.se; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Looking for parts
>
> Tomas wrote:
>
> I have a feeling that most rubber mounts break prematurely because the
> associated hardware is not fitted or correctly installed. The muffler 
> mustn't
> hang from the bolt going through the rubber mount. The support must 
> come from
> the cupped washers that wrap around the edges at each end of the rubber 
> part.
>
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>>>> Actually, the location of the muffler must be controlled 100% by the 
>>>>         
> header/tailpipe junction.  If, when you tighten the three bolts, your 
> muffler isn't in the right place, bending it into position and securing 
> it with the rubber hanger will NOT work.  That's how rubber hangars 
> fail.
>
> Adjusting the mufflers is a black art, as tightening a given bolt will 
> move the muffler in two directions (i.e. up and inward).  So not only 
> must the junction be tight, but it must be the 'right' tight.  Much 
> easier to achieve with a donut gasket setup.
>
> Mike
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