A transaxle or even a differential (ala XKE) in any car with IRS or De
Dion, or even swing-axels, would have to have it affixed rigidly
either to the frame or the body. Otherwise there would be nothing to
support it relative to the suspension and half-shafts. On a solid axle
car, a transmission/differential COULD, conceivably, be mounted in
unit with the solid half-shafts, but imagine the engineering problems
of coupling the shift mechanism to a transmission moving with the
suspension, not to mention the unsprung weight.
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Feb 2, 2010, at 11:53 AM, The Baylys wrote:
It's not the DeDion. That's merely the suspension.
The problem is with the relative location of the transaxle.
Remember that the transaxle is floor mounted and does not move with
the suspension. The 4 and 6cyl Alfettas all have almost identical
componentry, and almost identical problems.
Beatle
Oz
----- Original Message ----- From: "ira kaufman" <[email protected]>
To: "Jerry in Arizona" <[email protected]>
Cc: "alfa" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [alfa] Those Troublesome Guibos
i must get that book but off hand i would say the didion setup as
is causes
the trouble.as we see it is the same problem with the four or six.i
suppose a
diffrent rear setup instead of that triangle may be the answer.
--- On Tue, 2/2/10, Jerry in Arizona <[email protected]> wrote:
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