Alfetta driveline support

["Thomas Moll" <moltek@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of my friends has his 75 Alfetta GT apart for some work and he made some
observations regarding the differences between the early and late center
support bearing carrier that might be of interest to owners of the early
cars.

He is not on the digest (which is why I'm posting this) so please direct
questions and comments to him directly at jcase@domain.elided

Here's his observations:


> Hi Thomas,
>
> I changed the driveline bearing today. Only the bearing, It turns out
> that the rubber thing is more different than we thought (early to late).
> ARDONA only has the late style now, FOS told me the early style is only
> available from a third party and about $100.

> Anyway it has been widely reported that the only difference between
> early and late hangers is that one side sticks out further and you have
> to cut it off and drill a new mounting hole.
>
> nope.
>
> The first difference that shows up is that there is no snap ring groove
> to hold the bearing in. On the new style the bearing just presses into
> rubber, and apparently the stickiness of the rubber holds it in place.
> If the bearing moved at all, and it could, the dust shields would drag.
> Ok no problem, leave them off.
>
> Next the "too long bracket". There exists space for it to live, even on
> the old body. Only the hole needs to be drilled. No problem.
>
> When you lay the new style hanger on top of the old to figure out where
> to drill the hole.... Hey, wait a minute the bracket is out of position
> VERTICALLY! like, a lot. Maybe 11-12mm or so. This wont work at all! It
> would push the center of the driveline way up, causing an angle at the
> center. You could theoretically space it down, but the studs arent near
> long enough, and theyre part of the body.
>
> Anyway. I found an old one, so Im ok for now. I seem to remember reading
> on the digest a long time ago someone got GTV6 front transmission mounts
> that raised the front of the trans so much the driveline wouldnt line up
> right. I wonder if the two are related....
>
> John
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