[DeTomaso] Another Pantera myth? Half shaft bolts

[B. Seib]

I want to thank everyone for their comments and offers of help with my bolt
dilemma, especially sobill and  Orville.
It's great to be part of this group.
Barry
  -----Original Message-----
  From: SOBill at aol.com [mailto:SOBill at aol.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 6:03 PM
  To: oldwheel at shaw.ca; detomaso at realbig.com; mbefthomas at comcast.net
  Cc: MikeLDrew at aol.com
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Another Pantera myth? Half shaft bolts


  FWIW,

  My car came from the factory with the axle flange bolts installed from the
ZF side.

  The OEM bolts can be removed (or installed) from the ZF side of the axle
flange without tears.

  Two methods are shown at http://www.panteraplace.com/page222.htm.

  I installed my new bolts with the nuts on the ZF side of the flange. I
like it that way.

  Have fun today,

  sobill at aol.com

  In a message dated 12/28/2011 2:39:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
oldwheel at shaw.ca writes:
    Well actually, the factory Ford Pantera workshop manual shows the
opposite
    on page 16-10-04. I have an original manual. It would be harder to see
in a
    photocopy. In at least three photos, the bolts are shown installed with
the
    flange nuts installed toward the ZF transaxle. This makes more sense to
me
    and allows using full size shank bolts which is what the original design
    was. If you insist on fiddling them through backwards, you would be in
great
    difficulty using the stock Ford bolts. (I tried it) But if you use
    aftermarket bolts with a slightly smaller shank, you can do it backwards
    fairly easily. Maybe just another Pantera myth?

    Barry