@Percy posted:
David
Those two part hubs and rotors are outstanding - where did you get them ? In fact the entire setup looks astonishing. Are the lower wishbones stock - hard to see?
I am manning up to strip the entire back suspension back out for a full bearing , bush , lower shaft replacement exercise . On top of that I am going to replace all the wheel studs as the only time you can do it on the one piece hub is when the axle is pulled and in pieces. It looks like you could just take the top hub assembly off yours and pretty well do whatever you like .
Is the offset on the wheel the same as the OEM ?
Thanks for sharing the photo.
Percy
Percy, my rear rotors are 12.19" x 1.25" Wilwood's. The hats are custom machined but the specs are the same as the Wilwood Pantera "competition" hats. The wheel studs are 1/2"-20 screw-in studs. The hats are 1/4" thick, so they decrease the effective wheel offset by the same amount.
The rear lower control arms are stock but modified to mount to the chassis with Teflon lined rod ends rather than rubber bushings. The upper control arms are not OEM but also mount to the chassis with rod ends. I could never understand how DeTomaso expected rear toe to be adjusted by only moving (shimming) the lower control arm, so when I set rear toe-in, I adjust the upper and lower control arms by the same amount.