[DeTomaso] Fwd: Re: Upgrade List

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/15/12 15 33 10, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:


> What issue with half shafts?
> 

>>>Not the halfshafts, but rather the stock U-joints.   The stock original 
U-joints would rust and fail internally, leading to catastrophic failure 
under load, which at a minimum results in sheetmetal damage in the engine bay, 
and at worst, causes the car to spin backwards off the road into the trees.

For years the factory U-joints were so expensive that the vendors sold 
replacement driveshafts made with US components, but those are dramatically 
overpriced and have had their own failures.   Now replacement U-joints of good 
quality are available quite reasonably, so there is no reason not to rebuild 
an otherwise-good set of stock driveshafts.

Mike