[DeTomaso] U-joint fitment (was: RE: master cylinder)

Tomas Gunnarsson guson at home.se
Tue Jun 15 15:32:53 EDT 2010


Like Thomas Törnblom wrote, if it was one direction only something's
probably incorrectly seated inside the end cup. All "fingers" should be
equal in length. If they aren't you'll get terrible unbalance as the
halfshafts rotate off-center.

Tomas
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Justin Greisberg [mailto:justingreisberg at hotmail.com]
  Sent: den 15 juni 2010 01:31
  To: guson at home.se; detomaso at realbig.com
  Subject: RE: U-joint fitment (was: RE: [DeTomaso] master cylinder)


  The "correct" u joints I received from the vendor of course has snap rings
that were way too thick, and i got to spend hours grinding them down.  But
the u joints were too long by about 1/16 of an inch in one direction, which
made snap ring seating difficult.  I am worried the rings will pop out when
I drive it.  I just hope I notice before the u joint lets go.  Definitely
not one of the better vendor experiences, especially since I called around
and paid this guy extra for the "correct ujoints"

  > From: guson at home.se
  > To: justingreisberg at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
  > Subject: U-joint fitment (was: RE: [DeTomaso] master cylinder)
  > Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:49:46 +0200
  >
  > Justin,
  >
  > What was the fitment problem and by how much? When I bought new U-joints
by
  > measurement they were delivered with new snap rings. These rings were
too
  > thick for me to use and the old snap rings had to be re-used. Snap rings
  > come in different thicknesses and act like shims when fitting a U-joint
in
  > its yoke.
  >
  > Tomas
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
  > [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Justin Greisberg
  > Sent: den 14 juni 2010 14:23
  > To: detomaso at realbig.com
  > Subject: [DeTomaso] master cylinder
  >
  >
  > please offer advice. I have ford master cylinder from Marino at pantera
  > east with wilwood front calipers and pbr rears. (sort of home-made
system,
  > but piston volumes seem to match up right on paper). All new lines (made
by
  > me, several done twice because they leaked...), now with NO LEAKS. I
have
  > bleed the system with mity-vac and motiv pressure bleeders over and over
  > again, yet pedal still is soft.
  >
  >
  >
  > Does anyone know what the bore size for this Master cylinder is? I have
not
  > been thrilled with pantera east since he sold me "the correct" u joints
for
  > the driveshafts which were actually too long and required me to spill
blood
  > and a lot of curses to make them work (and I still fear they will fall
out
  > once I get over 30 mph). Has anyone else had this problem? My father
used
  > the same master cylinder with the stock brakes, and had the exact same
  > problem. So much that it lead him to sell the car when he could not fix
it
  > (one of several problems)... Justin
  >
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