DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2001, Message #159

Hate to kick anyone when they're down, but my new 7/8 rear sway bar and
sphereball link lined right up when I installed them last week.  Can't be
wrong all the time, I suppose.

----- Original Message -----
From: <JDeRyke@aol.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Spherebar problem?


> My second-hand swap-meet sphere-balls for 7/8" bars work perfectly on a
'72
> L. Since all I got was the plastic holders and the balls themselves, I had
to
> fabricate a few things without exactly knowing what the original  design
was.
> I built 1/4" thick aluminum top plates- I could see the plastic holders
> wouldn't take any direct bolt torque. I also retapped the metric front &
rear
> a-arm nuts that are welded on, to 5/16-18 thread. I used stainless steel
> 5/16-18 allen flathead screws countersunk into the aluminum top plates. My
> set-up has plenty of room for Spicer rear axles and U-joints, even at full
> jounce/ rebound. And yes, the bars did not fall into place- I had to pull
&
> tweek them a little, both frt and back, into position so the bolts lined
up.
> IMHO, sphere-balls are the single most important suspension mod the
Pantera
> vendors have yet come up with. Had I realized the difference it made in
> freeing the suspension up, I would've paid full-sucker-price. I suggest
you
> get some, or borrow a Pantera so  equipped for a hot-lap. My 2 cents- J
DeRyke
>