[DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???
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bill at incendium.com
Mon May 22 08:40:12 EDT 2017
Also check and make sure the trunion bearing is secured properly.
CheersBill MooreCalgary
-------- Original message --------From: cengles at cox.net Date: 2017-05-22 6:26 AM (GMT-07:00) To: fresnofinches at aol.com Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???
Dear Larry,
FWIW, the following is my experience with the Flaming
River lovely stainless steel shift linkage U-joints.
The good news is that they are lovely and the put the
industrial stock units to shame in the areas of esthetics and mobility.
(Ever taken off a stock unit and tried to move it? It is not very
easily moved...).
The bad news: The vendor told me to simply swap them
out. I did that and found that I could not tell any difference in the
ease or smoothness of shifting. They may be very mobile, but I could
not detect any definite benefit in the actual business of shifting
gears. Then after I drove it 500 miles to the Houston Rally, then the
shift to reverse became crunchy. When I returned home, I discovered
that the set screws that were tight when I left, were no longer tight.
The looseness preciptated the shifting problem.
So I retightened them and the problem recurred with the
inability to use reverse, second and fourth gears. After I calmed
down, I removed the whole set. I replaced the stock unit just behind
the shifter. I then drilled dimples in the shafts threaded ends for the
set screw to rest. The subsequent road testing has shown that it is
better, i.e. there is less loosening , but it is not as reliable nor
maintenance free as the old industrial units.
If you are going with the flaming river units, then I
would suggest that you consider serious fixation of the cursed set
screws.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:08 AM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone have a source for a stainless steel turnbuckle and
> adjusting nuts for the ZF shift linkage?
>
> I am upgrading to the stainless steel flaming river u-joints and
> thought a stainless turnbuckle would be a good match.
>
> I have searched for turnbuckle, screwjack, tie rod adjusting sleeve. I
> have searched at McMaster Carr, aircraft Spruce, multiple suspension
> websites, multiple Heim joint sites and I come up with nothing.
> Thread size is M14x1.5 LH/RH female threads
> Anyone got anything?
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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Also check and make sure the trunion bearing is secured properly.
Cheers
Bill Moore
Calgary
-------- Original message --------
From: cengles at cox.net
Date: 2017-05-22 6:26 AM (GMT-07:00)
To: fresnofinches at aol.com
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???
Dear Larry,
FWIW, the following is my experience with the Flaming
River lovely stainless steel shift linkage U-joints.
The good news is that they are lovely and the put the
industrial stock units to shame in the areas of esthetics and mobility.
(Ever taken off a stock unit and tried to move it? It is not very
easily moved...).
The bad news: The vendor told me to simply swap them
out. I did that and found that I could not tell any difference in the
ease or smoothness of shifting. They may be very mobile, but I could
not detect any definite benefit in the actual business of shifting
gears. Then after I drove it 500 miles to the Houston Rally, then the
shift to reverse became crunchy. When I returned home, I discovered
that the set screws that were tight when I left, were no longer tight.
The looseness preciptated the shifting problem.
So I retightened them and the problem recurred with the
inability to use reverse, second and fourth gears. After I calmed
down, I removed the whole set. I replaced the stock unit just behind
the shifter. I then drilled dimples in the shafts threaded ends for
the
set screw to rest. The subsequent road testing has shown that it is
better, i.e. there is less loosening , but it is not as reliable nor
maintenance free as the old industrial units.
If you are going with the flaming river units, then I
would suggest that you consider serious fixation of the cursed set
screws.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:08 AM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone have a source for a stainless steel turnbuckle and
> adjusting nuts for the ZF shift linkage?
>
> I am upgrading to the stainless steel flaming river u-joints and
> thought a stainless turnbuckle would be a good match.
>
> I have searched for turnbuckle, screwjack, tie rod adjusting sleeve.
I
> have searched at McMaster Carr, aircraft Spruce, multiple suspension
> websites, multiple Heim joint sites and I come up with nothing.
> Thread size is M14x1.5 LH/RH female threads
> Anyone got anything?
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
> _______________________________________________
>
>
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