DeTomaso Mailing List: July 99, Message #259

Thanks Andy. Axe sheathed and locked away in the vault. Staying away from
adjusting anything except during a POCA event or reading the manual. Great!
That's why I joined the group: to info or whapped upside the head to get my
rudder back on track. Cal. #2428. 

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> From: 	Andy Poling[SMTP:andy@globalauctions.com]
> Reply To: 	Andy Poling
> Sent: 	Thursday, July 08, 1999 6:47 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Re: Continuing restoration saga
> 
> On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Cal Eustaquio wrote:
> > Continuing on, I took a look from at the back of the cat. It looks like
> > the tops of the tires may be ever so slightly pointing inside more than
> > the bottoms. It needs that camber adjusting cross brace.
> 
> Careful with that axe Eugene...  :-)
> 
> First, measure the camber before you decide you have negative camber (tops
> in).  The Pantera body can fool the eye into seeing camber that isn't
> there.  If you do measure negative camber, check the brace with the car in
> the air, and see if develops much slack.
> 
> In any case, that brace is not a camber adjustment - it's just a brace.
> Camber is adjusted with shims under the A-arm mountings.
> 
> 
> > those Apollo (or is it Hercules?) fasterner holes in the trunk
> > fiberglass shell unit weren't installed.
> 
> That would be Dzus fasteners... pronounced like "Zeus".
> http://www.dzus.com
> 
> -Andy
> #3822
> 
> 72 Pantera - Rocky             91 Miata - Steve                 96 A4Q -
> Rudolf
> 80 928 - Phantom               97 Miata - Nadia                84 RZ350 -
> Sting
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