[DeTomaso] Front wheel bearings for a '71

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Yeah!  for OpenOffice.  I've been using it for years... and for years 
I've been using the Gearhead Database.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 10/21/2011 7:25 PM, Sean Korb wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was able to open and use the data file using OpenOffice.  It is not
> necessary to purchase a Microsoft product to use the data within.
> Awesome collection of data; I've been following it for years (I think
> since I got my car in 2001) and it gets richer and better every year.
> A wonderful tool.
>
> sean
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:33 AM,<MikeLDrew at aol.com>  wrote:
>> In a message dated 10/21/11 6 23 31, rob at dumoulins.net writes:
>>
>>
>>> One of my front wheel bearings is talking trash to me. Is there a
>>> cross-over
>>> part number that I can get locally or do I have to go to the vendors?
>>>
>> Rob,
>>
>> The Pantera uses exactly the same front wheel bearings as virtually every
>> Ford product made from WWII   (or even before!) through the 1970s at least.
>> So the bearings are available everywhere.   The front seals are unique, but
>> are also readily available.
>>
>> I think the SKF numbers for the bearings are BR2 and BR6.   Let me check
>> the gearhead database.   Ah yes:
>>
>> Front Wheel Bearings: Chicago Rawhide (SKF) Inner: BR6     Outer: BR2
>> Seal SKF: 17387
>>
>> Do you not have this database file that Bill Taylor has worked so hard on?
>>   It contains something like 9000+ facts and sources for the Pantera, easily
>> searchable.   You just type in 'bearing' in the search box, and the answer
>> comes up instantly.
>>
>> Bill has done us all a terrific service here, and that's why when I learn
>> something new (like part numbers for the front main seal, or overflow bottle
>> cap most recently), I always send the info to him for him to incorporate in
>> his next edition.
>>
>> Mika Dailey hosts the database on his website, here:
>>
>> http://www.panteraplace.com/Electrical/Pantera%20Information.xls
>>
>> Enter that link and the Excel file will download to your hard drive.
>> Anybody who doesn't have this needs to get it pronto!
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Mike
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