Hi Will and Michael, I might add that when I owned my 164L, I found that I had some strange torque steering behavior traceable to worn motor mounts. Dan Nicholes
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Will Owen <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, March 24, 2011 10:29:36 AM Subject: [alfa] 164S -- LSD and torque steer related? Will: Concerning LSD vs. torque steer, -I- never had a problem with torque steer on a 164S with tight steering bushings. I -believe- that the rack just puts the wheels where you want them to go, and the torque steer resistance lies in the control arms, their bushings, and the ball joints. I'd suggest (if you haven't yet done so) replacing -all- of the control arm bushings or the arms themselves if you can't get a replacement for the front control arm bushing. We had loads of problems with cars going out of alignment, differential steering on accel/decel and so forth that were ultimately neutralized by replacing the control arms and ball joints. Michael Tiefenback Will Owen wrote: > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:46:14 -0700 > From: Will Owen <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Re: Factory Quaife LSD retrofit for 164? > If there's one thing I'd change on our 164S, aside from that damned spoiler, >it'd be the diff. Giving it the boot in second gear would be a lot more pleasant >if I didn't have to arm-wrestle the wheel for control, especially since the PO >replaced the original S steering rack with a standard 164 one. (His primary >reason was economic, but he tells me that spring arrangement wasn't much help >anyway.) Torque steer can be fun, I suppose, but I'm too old to appreciate it; >bouncing off the rev-limiter (the other thing that often happens at such times) >is about all I can stand. > > So: assuming that this Torsen can be fitted to the 5-speed, what is its >availability and (assuming the engine is out for other work anyway) what's the >approximate level of difficulty? Is this within the abilities of a >decent-to-good Alfa mechanic? > > Will -- 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]
