[DeTomaso] ZF Adjustment

[Forest Goodhart]

 I do it this way also but you only need to loosen one jam nut.
    On Monday, August 23, 2021, 11:16:55 AM PDT, George B <gkb1968 at hotmail.com> wrote:  
 
   Dan,

  The procedure I found (or figured out over the years) is as follows:

  -Loosen turnbuckle jam nuts

  -Put ZF into reverse gear by hand (not very easy)

  -Put shifter in reverse.  Could put cardboard or something in place to
  hold shifter centered in gate

  -Carefully tighten turnbuckle jam nuts

  If you are sure which gear the ZF is actually in, you could center the
  shifter in that gear to get started as it will be a much easier
  process. Then do final adjustment in reverse gear as it seems to be
  more accurate in that gear.
  Hope this helps.
  George
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  dan at excaliburre.com <dan at excaliburre.com>
  Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2021 5:12 PM
  To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
  Subject: [DeTomaso] ZF Adjustment

  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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   I do it this way also but you only need to loosen one jam nut.

   On Monday, August 23, 2021, 11:16:55 AM PDT, George B
   <gkb1968 at hotmail.com> wrote:
     Dan,
     The procedure I found (or figured out over the years) is as follows:
     -Loosen turnbuckle jam nuts
     -Put ZF into reverse gear by hand (not very easy)
     -Put shifter in reverse.  Could put cardboard or something in place
   to
     hold shifter centered in gate
     -Carefully tighten turnbuckle jam nuts
     If you are sure which gear the ZF is actually in, you could center
   the
     shifter in that gear to get started as it will be a much easier
     process. Then do final adjustment in reverse gear as it seems to be
     more accurate in that gear.
     Hope this helps.
     George
       __________________________________________________________________
     From: DeTomaso <[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on
   behalf of
     [2]dan at excaliburre.com <[3]dan at excaliburre.com>
     Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2021 5:12 PM
     To: [4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   <[5]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
     Subject: [DeTomaso] ZF Adjustment
     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
     [6]Dan at excaliburre.com
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