RE: [alfa] 6 Cyl Center Donut

["Mark Manley" <warpomatic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:01:44 -0400, Jeff Greenfield wrote:

>The center donut is usually the most durable of the three and seldom fails.
>
>When you put it together last time, are you sure that you got the centering
>bearing installed properly? They can be a real PITA to get together. Either
>that, or something is worn or missing perhaps?
>
>HTH,
>
>Jeff

	I didn't touch the bearing but I think I see what I left out. The bolt 
heads have no washers under them. I imagine the washers should be about
the size of the raised portion of the donut under each bolt head?

	Mark Manley  
'84 GTV6
 
>
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>From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of Mark
>Manley
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 7:22 PM
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>Subject: [alfa] 6 Cyl Center Donut
>
>My '84 GTV6 has been acting strange. Wobbling shifter, grinding noise on
>touching
>shifter in first. I replaced the front transaxle mounts but no improvment.
>Pulled the 
>exhaust and found half the rubber connection in the rear engine mount was
>bad.
>Pulled the driveshaft since I decided to get the bellhousing out to change
>the engine
>mount and I found the center donut I replaced barely 1000 mi ago was trash.
>It was 
>so bad the bolts were hitting the driveshaft yoke and both yoke and bolts
>were getting
> eaten up. What surprised me most was that the donut seemed to not be solid
>rubber,
>but have layers of fabric or canvas inbetween rubber layers. Is this the
>right center 
>donut for the GTV6, or did the deteriorating rear engine mount cause the
>center donut 
>to die a very early death?
>TIA!
>
>                                    Mark Manley
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>'84 GTV6
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