[DeTomaso] Pulling ZF

[Art Stephens]

Charles,
      The studs can be replaced with bolts,  Lloyd did that for me when I 
had him work on my trans.
Art


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charles buthala" <charlesbuthala at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pulling ZF


>I got the ZF out and the clutch seems OK.  I think what happen is my 1/2 
>shafts were spewing grease and when I went around the hair pin corner some 
>of that grease was flung into the sight hole of the bell housing.  The 
>pressure plate and flywheel both had glazing on them, an indication of some 
>kind of contaminate.  I am sending the clutch out to CF for a rebuild.  Is 
>it possible to replace the three studs on either side of the ZF that hold 
>the mounting Al brackets with the bushings onto the chassis clevis with 
>bolts?  That way the bolts could be removed and the mounts just rotated 
>out of the way.  I had a hellofa time removing the bushing brackets from 
>the ZF.
>
> MyCars <MyCars at comcast.net> wrote:   Here is a link to (a copy of TPOC's) 
> Transaxle Pull Procedure
>
> http://www.panterasnorthwest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=2
>
> Roydon }8-)>
>
>
> On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 07:12 -0700, charles buthala wrote:
>> I know that there was some discussion on pulling the ZF but I can not 
>> seem to find them. In order to clear the two chassis mounting ears do you 
>> have to remove the engine mounting bolts entirely?
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