oh i missunderstood the problem.yes a larger bearing in the housing wouldnt be a great upgrade.the bearing which is going south is no doubt the original from 76 which gives it thirty four years of service.better then enough for goverment work.there will be no problem to aquire a new bearing as these things are standard according to the number stamped on the old one.you don't need an alfa original.these bearings are made in usa or japan or germany or uk or china ect,and they are interchangable and standard although diffrent co. may have diffrent number schemes. --- On Thu, 5/27/10, jeff clark <[email protected]> wrote:
From: jeff clark <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Alfetta, Alfetta GT clutch housing To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:20 PM >Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 18:31:32 -0700 >From: Steve Cole <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Alfetta, Alfetta GT clutch housing > >In my Alfetta GT there is a bearing going out inside the clutch housing, >making a terrible rattle when the car is idling, and my mechanic tells >me that my car (built in 1976) has an early version of the housing with >a large bearing outside and a smaller one inside, apparently making the >noise. We would like to replace the housing with the later version that >has large bearings at both locations. Does anyone out there in Alfaland >have such a part? We could, of course, simply use the existing housing >and replace the bearings in kind, but the upgrade would be nice if possible. > >Steve Cole >1977 Alfetta GT >Seal Beach, CA Try APE: http://www.apedirect.com/main.htm (209) 365-1383 -- jeff clark 82 Spider Veloce 99 BMW R1100S [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
