Re: [alfa] GTV steering box question

["Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was told that due to the US crash survivability requirements, Alfa 
changed to the setup you described. I also was told that this steering box 
is highly subject to failure, fatigue cracking of the housing.

Gwynne Spencer

At 09:38 PM 5/31/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>I have a 74 GTV that I bought earlier this year as a parts car. I removed
>the steering box and steering column today and they are unlike the one in my
>73 GTV and the exploded diagrams in Catalogo Rapido and the Alfa Ricambi
>parts catalog. I wonder if anyone knows what I have got.
>
>The box is a Burman and it like the other Burman boxes that I have seen
>except that there is no shaft to the steering wheel. Instead there is a
>splined stub. This connects to a U joint and a section of shaft that has
>splines at the other end. This connects to another section of shaft just
>below the column housing that is below the dashboard. This shaft connects to
>the steering wheel.
>
>All the diagrams and pictures that I have seen of Burman boxes show a one
>piece shaft from the steering box to the steering wheel.
>
>Can anyone tell me anything about this one?
>
>Thanks,
>Ed Prytherch, Columbia SC
>79 spider
>73 GTV
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