[DeTomaso] Wheel Bearings GT5-S

Roland Jaeckel pantera874 at t-online.de
Mon Apr 16 02:52:20 EDT 2012


Les,
Right and wrong.... All factory gr.3 cars had the same uprights. Some of the 
factory Gr.4 cars had a stronger castings. Those uprights where painted 
green and had a different casting no.
As me, how i know...

Roland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L GRAY" <tipo874a at msn.com>
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Cc: <DeTomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wheel Bearings GT5-S


> Guys .......Thomas, you are correct.  The GT-4 /GT-5 rear upright is a 
> completely different casting built to accommodate the added load of the 
> larger rear wheel offset.        Nothing from the stock upright fits 
> inside this unit. They were originally designed and built exclusively for 
> the factory GT-4 competition effort  of 1972 & then later pirated for the 
> wide body production road cars.
>     Ask me how I know..........
>
> Leslie A. Gray. aka: El Supremo!
>
> On Apr 15, 2012, at 12:06 PM, JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/14/12 12:46:55 PM, thomas at hax.se writes:
>>
>>> The upright is not bored out on later cars, they are beefier from the
>>> start.
>>>
>>
>> Thomas, I measured; however it was done, the larger bearing needs a 
>> bigger
>> hole and the usual cast relief inside between the two bearings is noearly
>> but not quite all, gone. If you weighed both an easrly & late bare 
>> upright and
>> the late one was heavier, OK.The simpest way is, it was bored. J Deryke
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