@leea posted:Randy, so you have the sailfish car, 8ma692? Welcome to the list, its fun to see pictures of a car getting built. I haven't gone thru the job of replacing bearings in the uprights, but I think it is probably one of those jobs that would benefit by a call with Wilkinson. As well, yeah, nobody wants to see a shipment get lost...but these are not perfectly unique parts--in the 0.somehing% chance that they get lost in shipment, the honest truth is that there is likely another one or 2 available in the world...I do suppose that this is the kind of job that if you really don't have to learn what kind of mistakes could be made, better to just let someone else fuss with it...(I only rebuillt one transmission in my life, for example--from a Ferrari 308, when the car was worth probably just $15k but I expected going to someone would have cost at least $5k...and well, that worked out OK...but here, its just about someone who is talented and sympathetic to getting the thing loose...).
Another way to look at it--its probably a 0.1% chance the package will be lost for good, and at least you can insure it. It could be a 2% chance of goofing something up taking it apart yourself...3rd gear from my 308 makes a good souvenir on the shelf, but an upright will never fit in the home...Lee
leea, thanks much for the info,bearings are new and in place its the shaft and torque and tightness im not sure. i contacted kirk evens and hes only 7 hrs from me so i think im going to take them to him. i have owned two other mangustas one i bought from a lincoln ford dealer in alanta who raced it in imsa back in the days. i think its in sweden now. i have pictures of it i will post. everyone on the tec forum has been greately helpful . its nice to know that people care about this hobby and were willing to help, thanks to everyone