[DeTomaso] Quella Adjustable Upper Rear A Arms - Installation Help

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What I suggest for such things, if you must use them- is to substitute a gr-5 tapered stud that actually fits the rear carrier taper, and has a straight section for a self-locking nut & washer above the heim. I also recommend using heim-seals on both sides of any heim exposed to road-swarf. The stud and seals are available from Speedway Motors in Nebraska, a dirt-track specialist store.
 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
To: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 31, 2015 4:54 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Quella Adjustable Upper Rear A Arms - Installation Help


   Nope, the taper on the original ball joint is much more slender than
   that which slips on the bolt on Dennis' heim joint.  I had expected it
   to be a drop in as well.


   Mike T.



   From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
   Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:21 PM
   To: mbefthomas at comcast.net; detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Quella Adjustable Upper Rear A Arms -
   Installation Help


   In a message dated 1/31/15 15 18 9, [1]mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:

     I've got a set of Dennis Quella's adjustable upper rear A arms that
     I'm
     ready to install, but when I did a test fit to the top of the
     upright, the
     taper provided with the A arm is much too big.  If you have
     installed a set
     of these, did you have to have the hole at the top of the upright
     machined
     out to fit the larger taper on the Quella A arm?  Is there a sleeve
     pops out
     of top of the upright?

   >>>Nope--normally the taper on the end of the heim joint fits the
   upright perfectly.  Compare it dimensionally to the ball joint on your
   stock A-arm?

     >I'll call Dennis on Monday to find out, but hoping one of y'all out
     there
     has an answer before that.

   >>>Should be a straightforward bolt-in swap with no issues.
   Mike

References

   1. mailto:mbefthomas at comcast.net

 
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   What I suggest for such things, if you must use them- is to substitute
   a gr-5 tapered stud that actually fits the rear carrier taper, and has
   a straight section for a self-locking nut & washer above the heim. I
   also recommend using heim-seals on both sides of any heim exposed to
   road-swarf. The stud and seals are available from Speedway Motors in
   Nebraska, a dirt-track specialist store.

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
   To: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Sat, Jan 31, 2015 4:54 pm
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Quella Adjustable Upper Rear A Arms -
   Installation Help
   Nope, the taper on the original ball joint is much more slender than
   that which slips on the bolt on Dennis' heim joint.  I had expected it
   to be a drop in as well.


   Mike T.



   From: [1]MikeLDrew at aol.com [[2]mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
   Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 3:21 PM
   To: [3]mbefthomas at comcast.net; [4]detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Quella Adjustable Upper Rear A Arms -
   Installation Help


   In a message dated 1/31/15 15 18 9, [1][5]mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:

     I've got a set of Dennis Quella's adjustable upper rear A arms that
     I'm
     ready to install, but when I did a test fit to the top of the
     upright, the
     taper provided with the A arm is much too big.  If you have
     installed a set
     of these, did you have to have the hole at the top of the upright
     machined
     out to fit the larger taper on the Quella A arm?  Is there a sleeve
     pops out
     of top of the upright?

   >>>Nope--normally the taper on the end of the heim joint fits the
   upright perfectly.  Compare it dimensionally to the ball joint on your
   stock A-arm?

     >I'll call Dennis on Monday to find out, but hoping one of y'all out
     there
     has an answer before that.

   >>>Should be a straightforward bolt-in swap with no issues.
   Mike

References

   1. [6]mailto:mbefthomas at comcast.net

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