Hi John, Thanks for the email and the information about the boxes. I may try to find a ZF box, as I have friends who work at their remanufacturing facility north of Chicago. No that they can do anything, but I can pester them.
vince Big Rock, IL --- On Sat, 4/30/11, John Basel <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Basel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [alfa] Spider Steering Box Needed > To: [email protected], "Vince Strazzabosco" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 9:00 PM > Vince, > > My 67 GT did the same thing last year under the same > conditions. I think turning the steering wheel at low > speed puts the highest loads on the box. Better to > fail in the driveway than while driving though. I understand > that this is a common problem with the Burman boxes. > Alfa used ZFs too that dont have this problem. So, I > switched over to a ZF. Direct bolt in > replacement. One thing to watch out for is to get one > from the same model, since the shafts come in different > lenghts. > > Regards, > John Basel > Bolton, MA > > > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:07:39 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Vince Strazzabosco <[email protected]> > > Subject: [alfa] Spider Steering Box Needed > > > > So while shuttling my 74 Spider project from one > storage unit to > > another (pushing it myself), the steering tightened > up. A bit more > > effort, and something snapped and the steering became > a little > > easier. > > > > Then I found a few ball bearings on the ground. > And a quick check > > showed the box had broken open. > > > > So, I think I am in need of a steering box, eh? > Any extras needing a > > new home? > > > > vince > > Big Rock, IL -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
