[DeTomaso] My little repaint project is growing....

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Sat Oct 10 11:45:35 EDT 2009


Can someone educate me regarding the difference? Are they interchangeable?
Is one more durable than the other? 

Thanks!

Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness Across Europe"
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-----Mensaje original-----
De: Thomas.Tornblom at Sun.COM [mailto:Thomas.Tornblom at Sun.COM] En nombre de
Thomas Tornblom
Enviado el: jueves, 08 de octubre de 2009 21:51
Para: detomasoregistry at gmail.com
CC: <JDeRyke at aol.com>; <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] My little repaint project is growing....

Late panteras had needle pilot bearings.

Thomas

8 okt 2009 kl. 21.45 skrev detomasoregistry at gmail.com:

>
> When ANY Pantera engine is out, I always recommend replacing the  
> bronze
> pilot bushing in the end of the crank and throwout bearing as  
> insurance, simply
> because its such a pain to get to them. Note that far-east suppliers  
> have
> compensated for the high price of copper by adding less copper and  
> more iron
> filings to some "bronze" bushings to cheapen them. These bushings  
> will look
> brown/gray and be magnetic; a high-iron bushing will rapidly wear  
> the nose
> of your ZF input shaft. Take a small magnet with you to the parts  
> store or be
> VERY sure the mail order shop knows you will reject any magnetic  
> bushings.
> Good luck, Charlie- J Deryke
>
>
> Or just buy the bushing from a known (Pantera Owner) source.
>
> See:  http://www.provamo.com/Members/Parts4Sale/PilotBushing.asp
>
>
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