Scott, The obvious question is what has kept the nut in place for the past 26 years? Oh yeah, it's an Alfa, it hasn't run since 1985... Seriously though, whats going on? Biba's advice is not dangerous if you get the right kind of nut - elastic stop nut - and replace it every time you remove it... But if you are competent enough to remove/replace the rotor hub assembly you should be able to take an electric drill and punch a straight hole through the spindle. As a machinist I could give you directions on how to drill the spindle or... Let me know.
Carmen, Rich Minor (another member of the MAARC) and I just drove to North Wilksboro NC from Newport News to pick up the BendPak LP-60 scissor lift I bought off Ebay. I should have it up and running in my garage this weekend and I'll probably do a tech article for at least our local mag, maybe for the national one... Thomas Gonnella MAARC Newport News VA -----Original Message----- From: alfa-digest <[email protected]> To: alfa-digest <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 2:33 am Subject: alfa-digest V10 #2473 lfa-digest Thursday, September 8 2011 Volume 10 : Number 2473 Forum for Discussion of Alfa Romeos, etc. Richard Welty <[email protected]> Digest Coordinator Contents: [alfa] CarLifts ( Little Alfa content) [alfa] GTV-6 front spindle [alfa] Alfa '78 Sport Sedan Rear Trunk panel 11657 54013 needed [alfa] GTV-6 front spindle [alfa] Re: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 front spindle [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books Alfa Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/alfa/ Send submissions to [email protected] Send administrative requests to [email protected] To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of he message, unless you are sending the request from a different address han the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a essage to alfa-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo ommands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:49:35 -0700 (PDT) rom: Carmen Gicante <[email protected]> ubject: [alfa] CarLifts ( Little Alfa content) Have some work to do on my Milano and Spider ( remove Transaxle from Milano nd replace exhaust system on Spider). When i was younger could spend hours on he floor under either car . Getting too old for that now. Have been looking t car lifts and possibly the scissor type. oes anyone have experience with these and do you have nay recommendations. re they suitable for significant underbody work or best suited for oil hanges . tires and brake work. All advice would be greatly appreciated. hanks Carm Gicante 8 Spider 9 Milano Canada ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:34:03 -0400 rom: Scott Shure <[email protected]> ubject: [alfa] GTV-6 front spindle Good evening, My 85 GTV-6 has a spindle that is not drilled to accept a cotter pin ock for a castellated nut. There are several possible fixes, can you elp with any of them? 1) drill the the spindle to accept a cotter pin, the simplest solution. hear DiFatta does this. Any advise as to if this can be done without isassembling everything and going to the drill press? ) secure flanged nuts that allegedly were used on late model 75's in urope. Ed @ DiFatta knows what they are but does not have any. I ontacted Highwood in England and await a response. Do you know where I an get some? ) pursue the "Mercedes" type hub nut that has a locking set screw. I id find these through a website called dealer to dealer BUT it involves lacing separate orders and I will actually need an additional set of he washers according to the folks at AlfaGTV6.com Regards, Scott Shure 5 GTV-6 llicott City, MD ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:58:05 -0700 (PDT) rom: Bernie Bennett <[email protected]> ubject: [alfa] Alfa '78 Sport Sedan Rear Trunk panel 11657 54013 needed All: I'm Looking for a non rusty rear panel to which the tail lights and license late would be affixed. My was damaged in a radio theft whilst returning from his year's Alfa Convention in Lexington, KY. ome Photos: http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/pict...tml#post906525 http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/aroc...ml#post1037917 Thanks, ernie Bennett renham, TX 79 836-1302 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:02:07 -0700 rom: [email protected] ubject: [alfa] GTV-6 front spindle Scott I'm sure others will chime in a tell you that Biba's advice is beyond angerous. Nevertheless...simply get a (or two) lock nuts for the spindle/spindles, make ure there is no grease on the threads and if you want to really make sure it on't come off, add a small dollop of 'mild' LocTite. No more tightening the astellated nut to just where you want it only to find that none of the holes how up. Biba rwindale, CA USA ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 01:09:30 -0700 (PDT) rom: Bettina Van Curen <[email protected]> ubject: [alfa] Re: Hey! Itbs not a joke! This site really interesting!. ttp://jogjaglass.com/friendship.php?iduhot=38jz2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 14:01:44 -0700 rom: Brian Shorey <[email protected]> ubject: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 front spindle I would opt for #3. Sent from my iPad 3 On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Scott Shure <[email protected]> wrote: > Good evening, My 85 GTV-6 has a spindle that is not drilled to accept a cotter pin lock or a castellated nut. There are several possible fixes, can you help with ny of them? 1) drill the the spindle to accept a cotter pin, the simplest solution. I ear DiFatta does this. Any advise as to if this can be done without isassembling everything and going to the drill press? 2) secure flanged nuts that allegedly were used on late model 75's in urope. Ed @ DiFatta knows what they are but does not have any. I contacted ighwood in England and await a response. Do you know where I can get some? 3) pursue the "Mercedes" type hub nut that has a locking set screw. I did ind these through a website called dealer to dealer BUT it involves placing eparate orders and I will actually need an additional set of the washers ccording to the folks at AlfaGTV6.com Regards, Scott Shure 85 GTV-6 Ellicott City, MD -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:30:02 +0000 rom: Richard Welty <[email protected]> ubject: [alfa] administrivia: Powell's Books Other ways to support the digest Richard's Amazon wishlist: ttp://www.amazon.com/wishlist/30PQXKZQN9GWX/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go there is more than one list on amazon, see the menu on the left). 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