[DeTomaso] Rear sway bar frame mounts
mark skwarek
ehpantera at yahoo.com
Sun May 3 08:50:50 EDT 2009
I ended up with plastic ones also and had to machine the top and bottom to get enough clearance from the axles.
Mark
5481
5461
--- On Sun, 5/3/09, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear sway bar frame mounts
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009, 1:37 AM
Turns out the set I purchased for the rear sway bar from a list member,
were plastic. No worries though, they are in great shape. I cleaned
them up with a shop rag, then greased the ball best I could, then the
through-hole and assembled it all. They look at feel nice. I don't
know about the clearance to the u-joints on the half shafts yet. I'm
waiting to put the ZF back in before I get the half-shafts in. I'll let
you know what I find, and maybe even take some photos.
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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JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/26/09 1:43:45 PM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
>
>
>> By the way, I prefer the sphere balls that have aluminum brackets. I
>> have a set that is plastic. They make more noise than my ex-wife. Well...
>> maybe not that much noise.
>>
>>
> The plastic housings are likely Hall's originals from the early '90s.
> Aluminum take-apart housings are what all the vendors now sell, and their
> advantage is having replacement center balls for various sizes of bars, saving one
> from having to do a precision bore job on the whole assembly if you change
> bar size, or get an original bar plated. Hall's originals had allen head
> mounting capscrews on aluminum top plates, and the screw heads often got VERY
> close to the outside u-joints- sometimes touching. All the aluminum ones use
> countersunk flathead allens (which can be retrofitted to the plastic assembly
> top plates). This gives more running clearance. Both work wonderfully well
> on both front & rear bars IMHO although occasional greasing/oiling of either
> type prolongs their life. I love my old Halls- J Deryke
>
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