Re: [MBZ] OT: Any alfistas here?

2015-04-02 Thread Jim Cathey
Are you suggesting that they would change the steering system from rack and pinion to recirculating ball (steering gear?) If I read this right, his point is that the _gearing_ in the RB steering box is different between manual and power-assist units. He's wondering if the same is true in RP uni

Re: [MBZ] OT: Any alfistas here?

2015-04-02 Thread dseretakis
The car has rack and pinion steering but also has a steering gear box. I know nothing about rack and pinion. I'm asking if a manual steering gearbox for a rack and pinion system can be interchanged with a power steering gearbox in a rack and pinion system. I know that can't be done in a recircu

Re: [MBZ] OT: Any alfistas here?

2015-04-02 Thread Dan Penoff
I'm confused. Rack and pinion is a totally different system than a recirculating ball steering gear. Are you suggesting that they would change the steering system from rack and pinion to recirculating ball (steering gear?) Dan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 2, 2015, at 7:42 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.

[MBZ] OT: Any alfistas here?

2015-04-02 Thread dseretakis
A friend in Greece has a 1988 Alfa spider 1600 with manual steering. The steering box is toast and rebuilt replacement boxes cost 1000 euro there. I could only find power steering boxes here and they are much cheaper. The car has rack and pinion steering, so would a power steering box work in pl