Removed my burman box from my berlina 2000 yesterday. Box had a toothpaste cap as a filler plug, and was leaking. I have found 3 cracks out of 4 holes in the casing, one of which continues halfway down the case. :'(
The internals, so far seem ok, ill have to clean them up a bit better for inspection.
Im not interested in trying to repair the casing.
I was considering the expensive AH billet casing, but am a little nervous about the quality. Some repro stuff is crude compared to factory items. Anyone done the alfaholics billet case? Any dramas?
Is it true I can replace box with another from a 2000 105? Such as a later spider? Did we have ZF boxes in Australia?
Cracks
Cracks
I'll have a crack (excuse the pun!) at answering this...
.On ZF units, i have never seen one fitted to an Oz delivered car but thats not to say they weren't. Those who have handled/wrecked/repaired
this kind of thing may be able to comment. I think if you did find one the attachment holes should be the same and it should fit if...see next point...
.You will need to find a box with the same length steering shaft as there was a 'short' and a 'long' type. Basically the longer types were the earlier ones that had
steering wheels fitted that had a flat type configuration, for example a 66' coupe, Super etc. Later cars that had a 'dished' wheel would have the shorter shaft,
Think Spider, Berlina, GTV 2000 some later Juniors etc.
.Haven't heard a bad thing about the Alfaholics repro box (except the price!) but thats only from what i have read. The guys in the US that have transplanted internals into
the new box didnb't seem to have any issues.
Good Luck.
Cheers,
Paul.
I suggest that you contact our local Burman steering box guru aka 'LukeC' on this forum. qvae.com.au
Thanks Gents, just sent Luke a msg. I have seen his posts but thanks for the website, some good examples on there of his work.