Re: [alfa] GTV steering box question

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

I believe that 1974 model year is the one that DOT specified intrusion 
limits of the steering column into the cockpit for frontal impacts.

Gwynne Spencer

At 11:46 AM 6/1/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>I have seen one with a broken casing that resulted from driving into a pot 
>hole.
>
>It turns out that mine is contemporary with the solid shaft types. They 
>were produced in smaller numbers. I doubt that it was a crash test issue. 
>The steering box is mounted just in front of the firewall. There is not 
>much opportunity for it to be pushed back in a collision. Rack and pinion 
>systems have the rack mounted much further forward and are a real hazard 
>if they do not collapse.
>
>Thanks,
>Ed
>"Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@domain.elided> wrote:
>
>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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