[DeTomaso] Aluminum half shafts parts

JDeRyke at aol.com JDeRyke at aol.com
Thu Dec 27 02:04:23 EST 2012


You got it right- thanks. I use my manual mill like my 
carpenter-grandfather used his jacknife. To make the u-joint holder, I roughed it in on the 
mill, then used an adjustable hand-reamer followed up with a home-made burnisher 
to get the right interference fit on the u-joint cups. I've now got the 
necessary pieces roughed out to complete the other halfshaft, so we'll see 
shortly if I can do this successfully twice in a row. 

Hopefully, some commercial shop might try making these parts if they think 
there's a market. I sure don't want to start cranking them out with the 
time/effort these took!   More to come on Judy's never-ending project Pantera- J 
DeRyke 


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