[DeTomaso] drive shafts U-Joint

[Dave Londry]

Unless you want to go to CV joints and reduce losses by about 5%.
Hmmm - say 440 HP x .05 = 22 HP.
dave


On 11/30/2010 4:40 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/30/10 13 34 4, detomaso at luleweb.se writes:
>
>
>> what is the dimensions on drive shafts U-Joint?
>>
>> Are there more than two different sizes?
>>
>> replacement Part no?
>>
> They are all the same size.   For years, replacement U-joints for the
> factory driveshafts were VERY expensive; that is why the Pantera vendors
> developed other solutions.
>
> Some had replacement driveshafts made that used heavy-duty Spicer
> components, which are cheap and easy to get in the USA.   Those are still available,
> but are very expensive now ($600 or more?)
>
> For some years, Hall Pantera had a poor-boy fix consisting of sleeving the
> driveshafts and using a smaller-than-stock cheap USA replacement U-joint.
> That normally didn't work very well.
>
> Now however, perfect replacement U-joints for the stock driveshafts are
> available from the Pantera parts dealers, and are rather inexpensive.   I don't
> know where they are coming from; somebody once told me that they are using
> Toyota 4x4 truck U-joints and machining them slightly to fit?   In any case,
> if I had driveshaft issues today, I would definitely just get new
> replacements for the stock driveshafts, as the driveshafts themselves are of
> excellent quality, and don't need to be replacd unless they have been
> modified/butchered to accomodate the Hall poor-boy U-joints....
>
> Mike
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