John, If you can't find a ZF box, Jim Steck (http://www.autocomponenti.com/) might be able to help you repair your old unit. He rebuilds Burman boxes for Alfa racers which includes welding a reinforcement plate to the box to prevent flexing. I'm sure that he is already familiar with the failure mode of your unit.
Bruce '73 GTV > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 21:24:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Vince Strazzabosco <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [alfa] Spider Steering Box Needed > > 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? -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
