[DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed

Pantdino pantdino at aol.com
Fri May 24 19:02:39 EDT 2019


IIRC the conclusion was that in the post-Ford cars DeT couldn’t be bothered to put a spacer tube inside the frame rail to prevent the rail from being crushed when the bolt was tightened.  Not a problem with the Ford era cars.   
Jim

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 On Friday, May 24, 2019, Paul Timko <thedrol at pobox.com> wrote:

  Yup it comes up every 5 years or so.A

  PaulA

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  On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:55 AM Larry - Cleveland via DeTomaso
  <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

    << lucky they didn't crush the frame rail>>
    Did we not talk about this with Charlie's car in Spain a number of
    years
    ago? How some cars having a support tube inside the frame?
    Larry (could be dreaming) - Cleveland
    -----Original Message-----
    From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On
    Behalf Of Mike
    & Elizabeth Thomas
    Sent: May 24, 2019 10:56 AM
    To: 'Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.' <[3]byrdjf at embarqmail.com>;
    [4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed
    Sure Joe.A  When the replacement arrives in the next few days I'll
    have the
    old one off for closer inspection.A  There is also an interesting
    washer that
    was starting to deform.A  Looks like somebody may have torqued it
    too hard
    during a previous alignment - lucky they didn't crush the frame
    rail.
    -----Original Message-----
    From: DeTomaso <[5]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On
    Behalf Of
    Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.
    Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 7:12 PM
    To: [6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed
    Could you share photos of the bungled threads.A  A
    (My curiosity and entrenched need to have a root cause analysis for
    a
    mechanical failure)
    Joe
    -----Original Message-----
    From: DeTomaso [mailto:[7]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
    On Behalf
    Of Mike & Elizabeth Thomas
    Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 19:46 PM
    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed
    Yes, and thankfully it was virtuous enough to stay attached and not
    ruin my
    day . . .
    -------
    Thanks all, sourced one with Steve Wilkinson yesterday.A  It's
    actually a
    forged piece and has not been remade in a quality manner so NOS is
    the only
    source.A  Strange that I would have one with bungled threads - no
    idea how
    long it's been like that.
    Mike Thomas
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   IIRC the conclusion was that in the post-Ford cars DeT couldnat be
   bothered to put a spacer tube inside the frame rail to prevent the rail
   from being crushed when the bolt was tightened.  Not a problem with the
   Ford era cars.

   Jim
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   On Friday, May 24, 2019, Paul Timko <thedrol at pobox.com> wrote:

     Yup it comes up every 5 years or so.A
     PaulA
     #9270
     On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:55 AM Larry - Cleveland via DeTomaso
     <[1][1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
       << lucky they didn't crush the frame rail>>
       Did we not talk about this with Charlie's car in Spain a number of
       years
       ago? How some cars having a support tube inside the frame?
       Larry (could be dreaming) - Cleveland
       -----Original Message-----
       From: DeTomaso <[2][2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On
       Behalf Of Mike
       & Elizabeth Thomas
       Sent: May 24, 2019 10:56 AM
       To: 'Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.' <[3][3]byrdjf at embarqmail.com>;
       [4][4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
       Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed
       Sure Joe.A  When the replacement arrives in the next few days I'll
       have the
       old one off for closer inspection.A  There is also an interesting
       washer that
       was starting to deform.A  Looks like somebody may have torqued it
       too hard
       during a previous alignment - lucky they didn't crush the frame
       rail.
       -----Original Message-----
       From: DeTomaso <[5][5]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On
       Behalf Of
       Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.
       Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 7:12 PM
       To: [6][6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
       Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed
       Could you share photos of the bungled threads.A  A
       (My curiosity and entrenched need to have a root cause analysis for
       a
       mechanical failure)
       Joe
       -----Original Message-----
       From: DeTomaso
   [mailto:[7][7]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
       On Behalf
       Of Mike & Elizabeth Thomas
       Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 19:46 PM
       Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Suspension Clevis Mount Needed
       Yes, and thankfully it was virtuous enough to stay attached and not
       ruin my
       day . . .
       -------
       Thanks all, sourced one with Steve Wilkinson yesterday.A  It's
       actually a
       forged piece and has not been remade in a quality manner so NOS is
       the only
       source.A  Strange that I would have one with bungled threads - no
       idea how
       long it's been like that.
       Mike Thomas
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