[DeTomaso] BRAKE BLEEDER SCREWS / Dick Ruzzin

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/20/06 2:41:07 PM, Dickruzzindesign at aol.com writes:

<< Has anyone used the Speed Bleeder, a bleeder with a check valve in it? It 
sounds good.

Also, what u-joints are considered the current best? >>

Many Pantera owners have been using Speed Bleeders in brakes & clutch with no 
issues for years, except it doesn't work to run Speed Bleeders and then try 
using a vacuum-type mini-vac suction pump to assist bleeding, since they will 
fight each other. I reviewed Speed Bleeders in the Aug 2000 POCA News after 
running them in my brakes & Tilton hydraulic clutch for a year with no problems.

As far a u-joints go, I think the 'Goose uses the same u-joints & half-shafts 
as the Pantera. There is probably zero difference in modern brands, most of 
which have been adapted to Panteras at least by the vendors' laboriously 
cross-referencing tons of catalogues; to pay for this time spent, all casting marks 
& IDs have been ground off.... There may be a tiny bit more strength for 
ultra-hi-torque big block cars in u-joints with no zerk drillings, but for most 
street cars that see little service anyway, I suggest greasable units are better. 
the majority of failures are in the end caps & needle bearings anyway. FWIW, 
'stock' Pantera u-joints in stock halfshafts are bigger than the once-popular 
aftermarket Spicer halfshafts & u-joints- and those are sourced from Ford 
F-500 trucks! Good luck- J DeRyke