Re: [alfa] GTV steering box question

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

Keith Goring (Owner and founder of "Alfas Unlimited" in Connecticut - see: 
http://www.alfasunlimited.com/ ) told me that the '74 GTV changed to a 
steering box with stub shaft and U joint to met US safety crash regs and 
that the box has a problem of stress cracking (probably due to the loss of 
the addirional support the steering column gave on previous models) He said 
they repair cars with this problem by grafting in column and box from a 
later model spider. Needs a fair amount of custom adaptation, though. He 
said the Spider met the regs with a dished steering wheel.

Gwynne Spencer

At 12:47 PM 6/1/2004 -0700, you wrote:

>Ed Prytherch is wondering about an unusual steering box (actually the
>steering shaft) he's removed from a donor '74 GTV: "...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."
>
>*******
>
>Ed, when you were removing the steering shaft under the dash, did you
>see a way the shaft might be made to move up and down? This could be
>accomplished with a lever or quite possibly additional holes where the
>retaining bolts go through.
>
>I'm speculating the box was modified by cutting off the hollow shaft and
>welding on a short splined solid one. Then from the U joint back it was
>sourced from an Alfetta GT. Is the steering wheel end splined or is
>notched / keyed? If the former, then am sure it is Alfetta based.
>
>Or - someone will write in and say all 74 GTV's came this way, but doubt
>it. I believe the Alfetta was the first Alfa with an up / down
>adjustment - though as soon as this hits the "streets" I'm sure I'll
>know for sure soon enough.
>
>Biba
>Irwindale, CA USA
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