Re: Alfetta transaxle

[James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>]

Hm.

I have an '84 GTV6 and a '78 Alfetta at the moment.  If you want to ask
for specific differences, I could see what I could see.  I've removed
and replaced the GTV6 transaxle, but hardly touched the Alfetta.

On the GTV6, there are spacers holding the crossbar (what the front mounts
and the DeDion bolts to) about 10-15mm below the floor.  I'm told these
spacers weren't used on all of the Alfettas (as in, some sedans didn't
have them, and early coupes may not have had them).  That could account
for the difference you mention.

james montebello

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Wayne Abbott wrote:

> Hey Y'all,
>
> Were there any differences in cases or mounting of the Alfetta, GTV6, Milano
> transaxles?
>
> I have a transaxle in my 76 Alfetta GT which just does not line up with the
> drive shaft.  I have replaced the front motor mounts, the rear motor mount,
> the entire drive shaft has been rebuilt with new giubos and center support
> bearing, the spacers are there to keep a safe distance between the drive shaft
> and the bell housing.  Once in the tunnel the front end of the drive shaft
> falls easily into place onto the front flywheel and the support bearing is
> automatically right where it is supposed to be.  So far, so good, from there
> things get difficult.  the rear flange on the drive shaft seems to be right.
> it is perpendicular to the drive shaft.  The flange on the clutch input shaft
> iseGroan angle.  If rotated so that one ear is pointed straight up and the
> other two down, like an upside down Y, the top ear is just about right but the
> bottom two are three eighths of an inch or more apart.  I could pull it
> together but I believe the giubo would have a short life.  The front of the
> transaxle is too low, this makes the clutch input flange sit at an angle.  I
> thought about putting shims under the new transmission mounts and a friend
> told me how the Milano mounts are made by welding a spacer to the GTV6 mounts.
> Having a Milano crossbar with good mounts on it, I took the Alfetta cross bar
> and mounts out and swapped in the Milano cross bar and mounts.  The clutch
> input flange is right up where the drive shaft rest, the three ears are right
> up against the three ears of the drive shaft.  The top of the transaxle is
> just about crushing the emergency brake cable.  In the GTV6, is the e-brake
> cable routed differently?
>
> Why don't all my new Alfetta parts make things fit the way they should?  Or is
> this part of why the early design was ditched.
>
> Could the transaxle in my car, which is not original to the car, be the
> problem?
>
> Was the attachment points on the transaxle as well as the rubber mounts
> changed?
>
> I guess that I will grind off the weld and separate the shim from the mount
> and make a set of GTV6 mounts and try those, maybe the e-brake cable can then
> stay where it is.
>
> The chassis shows no sign of damage.
>
>
> arrrgggghhhhh!!!!
>
> Thanks for any and all information,
>
> Wayne Abbott
> Durham, NC
> 76 Alfetta GT
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