[DeTomaso] u joints

Justin Greisberg justingreisberg at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 5 19:20:04 EDT 2010


i am pretty sure the u joints are from flaming river, and the same ones go for the shift linkage as the steering linkage.  they are much better than stock, especially if you are trying to get good feel and less slop in the steering.  I bought them from summit racing, but the price was the same as if i had bought from a vendor at the time, so may not be any savings.  the u joints are pricey, and it is a challenge to get the set screw to lock on the shift linkage without slipping.  the originals have a pinch fitting; the flaming rivers (or are they borgesons?  dont recall) have a set screw and it likes to slide, so I have had to retighten all my shift linkage ujoints at least once after the linkage slid a bit -- when that happens u can only get 1, 3, and 5th gears - not 2, 4 or reverse.  but you will get some nice gear grinding when you try!  wonder if tight stock ones would be good enough for shift linkage.  all of mine had some play in them...
 
i can get the numbers off the u joints if anyone is interested in the part number.  justin 		 	   		  


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