91 Spider Steering box mount recall????

[ltooz@domain.elided (LLe_2001)]

Hello Ralph,
 Guess what, I was under the car over the weekend and I didn't see any plate between the steering box and the rail frame of the car. The box moves slightly causing the clunking sound. All bolts and nuts are as tight as they could be. I understand the problem now. Can you check to see what type of plate do they put between the box and the frame? Before I customize the plate for my car, I like to know the thickness, the size of the plate if I can... PLEASE!!!! I'm totally in the dark. Does anyone know of any place which sells these plates or customized them?

Thanks,

Louis 

91 Spider Veloce
Sunnyvale, CA

"Ralph Fetsch" <RFetsch@domain.elided> wrote:

>Alfa Romeo had a recall on the mounting of the steering box in 1991. They
>added a plate to the portion of the frame rail that the box mounts to. You
>can check on the DOT website at 
>
>http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/Index.cfm
><http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/Index.cfm> . 
>
>NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number:  91V007000
>Component:  STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:PITMAN 
>Manufacturer:  ALFA ROMEO, INCORPORATED
>
>Louis wrote :
>
>I unbolted the nut on the steering box (17mm), using a hex (5mm) to screw in
>about 1 turn, tighten the nut, the freeplay is less and the warbling is
>gone. It's amazing, the steering now is tight. The clunking sound is still
>there, I'll check it out this weekend.
>
>Cordova Ralph
>Ralph Fetsch
>Cordova Tennessee
>1991 Spider Veloce w/auto
>1964 Giulia 1600 Spider
>
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