[DeTomaso] Solved- Tech Session and ZF question

[Julian Kift]

This is the third instance of such a caliper bolt coming loose I'm aware of, one was at last year's Fun Rally and messed up the caliper pretty good, fortunately the wheel was salvageable. IMO the caliper bolt locking tabs on most Pantera's should be replaced as they have likely been bent and unbent to the point they are brittle, that is if they are even still there. Better still drill and safety wire the bolts.
 
Julian
 
> Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 21:57:19 -0700
> From: peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Solved- Tech Session and ZF question
> 
> Thanks to Mike and other contributors.... My ZF mystery and the elusive 
> knock/rattle have been sourced. I reached under the car, grabbed my caliper and 
> found it only had the upper bolt holding it on. The bottom part was flopping 
> like a fish.
> 
> Chuck- will any of the pictures you took help me figure out which nut/bolt to 
> get?
>  
> Peter Kovacs
> 209 345-6708 
> 209 436-2000 fx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 7:36:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tech Session and ZF question
> 
> 
> In a message dated 5/22/11 12 33 50, peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net writes:
> 
> 
> Now for the question. Once at Rogers and a few more times back closer to
> home, while backing up in reverse, the car acted like it was thrown in to
> park...which it doesn't have.
> 
> 
> I heard and saw it.  The car made a noticeable clank, and came to a stop as 
> though somebody had stomped on the brakes.
> 
> Although there's a possibility that something is amiss in the ZF, I would be 
> more inclined to believe that the problem has to do with one of the brake 
> calipers, probably in the rear.  Mounting bolt comes adrift, the caliper manages 
> to do okay when the wheels are moving forward, but it gets cocked and jams on 
> when the wheel turns backwards.
> 
> Jack the car, pull the wheels, check out the calipers....
> 
> Mike 
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