[DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Stephen,


           While I like to think that I am respectful of the ZF, perhaps 
it is possible that might ever so slightly shift with too much brio????


                             Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles

PS: currently, I don't even get 400 miles without session to re-tighten 
the blessed shiny things.





On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Stephen wrote:

> I have the same ones - love the lock nut on the locking set screw.  We 
> have
> around 4K miles on ours - no problems so far - knock on wood, etc.
>
> Stephen Nelson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of Ed Mendez
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 10:45 AM
> To: DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Cc: Leslie Gray <tipo874a at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???
>
> I have the Flaming rivers SS ones, makes the shifting smooth as silk.
>
> Ed
>
>
> Ed  Mendez
> emendez at mac.com
> pr at poca.com
>
> PR Director POCA
>
>
>
>
>
>> On May 22, 2017, at 05:40, Bill at Incendium.com wrote:
>>
>>   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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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