[DeTomaso] u joints

[Julian Kift]

Dennis Quella machines the rear portion of shaft to an imperial size and supplies a heim joint in place of the trunnion bearing, which offers more precise shifting IMO, although there is no need to go through Dennis as metric heims are readily available if you look around. It's an 18mm shaft size IIRC.
 
Julian
 
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:39:22 -0400
> To: wkooiman at earthlink.net; cengles at cox.net; boyd411 at gmail.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] u joints
> 
> 
> In a message dated 10/6/10 9:49:03 AM, wkooiman at earthlink.net writes:
> 
> 
> > One other thing I'm considering is to move the trunion closer to the 
> > engine.
> > The stock location puts it too close to the body.
> > 
> 
> Good point, sort of. I've seen cars with misadjusted shift linkages where 
> the U-joint nearest to the trunnion bearing struck the lip of the inner 
> wheelhouse, denting it and making for awkward shifting. It's easy to slide 
> various U-joints in various directions on the shafts and/or change the height 
> of the trunnion bearing to gain adequate clearance without actually 
> repositioning the location of the trunnion bearing on the chassis.
> 
> Mike
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