DeTomaso Mailing List: December 97, Message #81
     



From: 	DtomasoCat <DtomasoCat@aol.com>

Subject: Re: Rear axles

Date: 	Sun, 7 Dec 1997 11:03:04 +0000



Tomas,



I've worked on millions of Pantera rear axles (OK, this is an exageration, I

have only done redone three pantera axle sets) and I have never come across a

hexagonal axle nut.  I have of course, seen my share of the original "thin"

axle nuts as supplied by Detomaso.  Anytime I have ordered a replacement nut

(from Pantera Performance in CO, or PI Motorsports in CA or Hall Pantera) it

has been the newer style "thick" axle nut that I recieved.  I like the newer

style nut because it looks much more substantal than the original, but I don't

know if it really works any better than the original.



I like any nut that keeps the axles firmly attached to my vehicle!  I am not

sure where the replacement hexagonal nut you have came from, but I always

wondered how a nut with many shoulders on it could ever fit in such a confined

space and still be able to get a wrench on it.



Jim Demick

It's not flooding here.