[DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???

[shawkins777 at comcast.net]

Larry, 

They would only have a left-right if the shafts you're connecting are in line with each other, which there weren't. 

Steve 

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From: "Larry Finch via DeTomaso" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> 
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Subject: [DeTomaso] SS ZF linkage turnbuckle??? 

Steve wrote: 

I converted my 1968 Mustang to a Flamming River manual rack and pinion which used the Flamming River u-joints. Over many years never had a problem with them loosening. 
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This is good to know. 

But I believe the FR u-joints see ONLY left-right rotation when used in a steering column. I believe the forces at work are much different with the push me-pull me function 
those u-joints perform in the ZF shift linkage. 

The FR instructions in my previous post are essentially hidden in their website, and not included on their packaging. 

And as we all have come to know, vendor advice is often best taken with a grain of salt. Sometimes with a fifty pound livestock block of it. 

Left to assume ‘correct’ installation procedure, it seems some owners have seen undesirable loosening. 

IMHO, loosening experiences where the installation fell short of the not-vendor-shared, obscure hard-to-find FR instructions should not be taken as proof the FR u-joints are not up to the task Pantera shift linkage asks of them. 

I am still wondering if anyone that has followed the process of indent pocket drilling, red Loc-tite on set screw torqued to 25 foot pounds, and secured with a jam nut has nonetheless experienced loosening? 

Larry 
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   Larry,
   They would only have a left-right if the shafts you're connecting are
   in line with each other, which there weren't.
   Steve
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   From: "Larry Finch via DeTomaso" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   To: "Email List Address For Posting" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 3:08:19 PM
   Subject: [DeTomaso]  SS ZF linkage turnbuckle???
   Steve wrote:
   I converted my 1968 Mustang to a Flamming River manual rack and pinion
   which used the Flamming River u-joints. Over many years never had a
   problem with them loosening.
   ==============================
   This is good to know.
   But I believe the FR u-joints see ONLY left-right rotation when used in
   a steering column. I believe the forces at work are much different with
   the push me-pull me function
   those u-joints perform in the ZF shift linkage.
   The FR instructions in my previous post are essentially hidden in their
   website, and not included on their packaging.
   And as we all have come to know, vendor advice is often best taken with
   a grain of salt. Sometimes with a fifty pound livestock block of it.
   Left to assume acorrecta installation procedure, it seems some owners
   have seen undesirable loosening.
   IMHO, loosening experiences where the installation fell short of the
   not-vendor-shared, obscure hard-to-find FR instructions should not be
   taken as proof the FR u-joints are not up to the task Pantera shift
   linkage asks of them.
   I am still wondering if anyone that has followed the process of indent
   pocket drilling, red Loc-tite on set screw torqued to 25 foot pounds,
   and secured with a jam nut has nonetheless experienced loosening?
   Larry
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