Re: [alfa] GTV steering box question

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

I believe the Spider met the standard by using a dished steering wheel.

Gwynne Spencer

At 02:50 PM 6/1/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>My 79 spider has the solid, one piece shaft. It is original. The parts 
>books for spiders show solid shafts. Were convertibles exempt?
>Ed
>"Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@domain.elided> wrote:
>
>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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