Giulia Spider 101.23

[A V]

Hi everybody, yes I'm still alive!

Restoration of Giulia is progressing, with a total body rebuild. Job quality is good but much slower than planned, the usual thing I suppose.

Meanwhile, dealing with other things and last week started on the front suspension; separating ball-joints and all the rest was a bit of a fight but it is done now.

To my big surprise the ball joints of the upper arm were both seriouly bent, I had never seen anything like this

Does anyone have any idea of why and how this happened; could it be because the limit cables were broken?

Also, I have been trying to find the balljoints, seals and dust caps for the front suspension, silent blocks for the rear suspension (trailing arms and A frame) and the oil seals and dust caps for the steering.

Can anyone provide help?

A V

[Lo Fo SI]

AlfaStop (Tony Stevens), in the UK stocks the bits to rebuild the upper (and lower) ball joints as well as suspension bushings and other parts you are after.

Simon

[A V]

Lo Fo SI

Many thanks for your reply. AlfaStop does indeed have quite a lot of spares the only problem is that, from my experience, it is ususally very difficult to get a reply. May well be I've not been lucky!

Anyway I'll try again.

Anyone with any comments about the state of the ball joints, what may have happened?

Regards

A V

[Lo Fo SI]

Yeah, Tony can be a bit difficult to get hold of at times - It is worth trying to phone him (can't be as bad for you as it is for me!) rather than relying on email. Since he is a one man band his response times can be a bit slow ..but.. his stuff is top notch.