DeTomaso Mailing List: February 2001, Message #112

Matt,

Check the archives regarding rear wheel bearings.  These are a 
Pantera-specific part, requiring a special $100 socket to dismantle.  If you 
can feel sloppiness in the rear at the brake disc, then your bearings are 
REALLY shot--I've seen many cars whose rear bearings were gone, yet movement 
could only be detected with the wheels on the car.

Mike Dailey does a super job of describing the procedure on his website.

You can almost guarantee that your axle has been demolished by continuing to 
drive with blown-out bearings.  So you have a rather expensive fix ahead of 
you--at a minimum, you will need about $500 in parts just to do one side.  
Many vendors will let you borrow the $100 socket if you buy the parts from 
them--ask around.

Mike