[DeTomaso] Pantera near disaster

[Will Demelo]

Mike has a good suggestion with looking at the other side. It may give you 
clues as to what is going to happen.
W
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <boyd411 at gmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera near disaster


>
> In a message dated 8/21/10 15 56 52, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> The alignment tech claims he did not take the wheels off so I
>> have no way of knowing what the cause was. If anyone has any suggestions
>> I
>> would be interested in hearing any theories.
>>
>
> How about dramatically underengineered and wholly unnecessary replacements
> for perfectly good stock parts?   I would never, ever take a chance with
> ever running those new hubs assemblies even before this episode, but now? 
> One
> would have to be suicidal to do so, I think.   Read what you wrote:
>
> " I could have been killed or the wheel could have come
> completely off and the damage could easily have been well into the
> thousands
> of dollars."
>
> I have been very skeptical about this whole project from the start; when I
> looked at the parts, they seemed pretty, but there doesn't seem to be any
> true science behind them.   To me, it looks like somebody just started 
> with a
> bunch of material and started whittling until the pieces that were left
> resembled Pantera parts.
>
> Now, I can't honestly claim that I know the level of engineering analysis
> that went into the design of the stock components, and I will admit that 
> the
> stock axles leave a bit to be desired, in the long run.   But there's no
> question that the stock components are superior, by orders of magnitude, 
> to the
> home-made, cobbled-up affair that nearly killed you today.
>
> Curious--what does the other side look like at the moment?
>
> Mike (SO glad you learned your lesson the (relatively) easy way!)
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