[DeTomaso] Final Drive Gear Question

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I understand that they would all rather have you ship them the trans for obvious reasons, and I know that there are technical aspects to the job,  that is why I'm looking into it and trying to do some research on the subject.  But I think I've seen where others have done the swap themselves and wanted to find out about any necessary machining.
 
       Shaun Gibson

--- On Sun, 6/24/12, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:


From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Final Drive Gear Question
To: sdlgibson at sbcglobal.net, michaelsavga at gmail.com, jb841 at cox.net
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 10:24 AM



In a message dated 6/24/12 8 18 21, sdlgibson at sbcglobal.net writes:



I've been checking into a higher 5th gear to ease highway cruise rpm, and was contemplating doing it myself, but one of the vendors told me that there is some machining involved on some of the other parts to let the new gearset fit.  Anyone know if there is necessary machining, or if the gears can just be "swapped" out?


>>>It's not a do-it-yourself job.  There is some very precise fitting that needs to be done.  For that reason, Lloyd Butfoy won't sell a tall fifth gear as an over-the-counter part to just anybody.  You need to establish your ability to tear a ZF apart and put it back together before he'll agree to sell it to you.  He doesn't want unhappy results.  And more to the point, he doesn't want bad word-of-mouth that might result from somebody messing up the procedure and then blaming his part, instead of their installation.

He would much rather have you ship him your gearbox.

Mike