[DeTomaso] ZF Adjustment

[dan at excaliburre.com]

On the way south from a GREAT Monterey auto week I popped into Willow
Springs to check on "The Beast", which I'm garaging near the track.

The last time on the track the gear shift linkage slipped out of adjustment
and I was limited to 2nd and 4th gears.

Since then I have replaced the entire linkage, from one end to the other.

The track was closed so I risked a quick test drive on some backstreets
(which is always "interesting" with 14' slicks).

It shifted smoothly into all slots but I'm getting the wrong gears in each
position.

For example,  5th feel like 2nd, 1st feels like 4th, reverse feels like 3rd.

I can't get 1st, 5th or reverse.

I'm not confident about the radial adjustment and suppose it could be off by
a spline or two. But could that cause all this "confusion", or could the
forks or something have gotten messed up from being jammed in the wrong
gear?

The lateral adjustment is fairly simple, but what is the best way to perform
the radial adjustment?

 

Dan

 

 

Dan Courtney

La Jolla, CA

Dan at excaliburre.com

 

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   On the way south from a GREAT Monterey auto week I popped into Willow
   Springs to check on "The Beast", which I'm garaging near the track.

   The last time on the track the gear shift linkage slipped out of
   adjustment and I was limited to 2^nd and 4^th gears.

   Since then I have replaced the entire linkage, from one end to the
   other.

   The track was closed so I risked a quick test drive on some backstreets
   (which is always "interesting" with 14' slicks).

   It shifted smoothly into all slots but I'm getting the wrong gears in
   each position.

   For example,  5^th feel like 2^nd, 1^st feels like 4^th, reverse feels
   like 3^rd.

   I can't get 1^st, 5^th or reverse.

   I'm not confident about the radial adjustment and suppose it could be
   off by a spline or two. But could that cause all this "confusion", or
   could the forks or something have gotten messed up from being jammed in
   the wrong gear?

   The lateral adjustment is fairly simple, but what is the best way to
   perform the radial adjustment?


   Dan



   Dan Courtney

   La Jolla, CA

   Dan at excaliburre.com