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In the process of rebuilding my driveshaft, I had the "opportunity" to inspect and replace, what was likely the original tranny bushing. With some advice from some fellow BBer's (thanks @Andrew and @divotandtralee) I was able to get the new bushing in without breaking anything (myself included).
I did come across an old thread on the topic with lots of useful information under the Spider" forum:
Trans mount
On post #21, someone suggested to stiffen up the bushing by filling up the large void with three pieces of ~1/2" rubber hose (the also filled the lower open slot with some rubber as well).
Anyone here ever try this? Good, bad or ugly results? The factory knew what they were doing so leave it well enough alone? The Alfa Contabiles wanted to save a few lira so they had the Ingegnere make the rubber bushing hole bigger?
TIA,
I did come across an old thread on the topic with lots of useful information under the Spider" forum:
Trans mount
On post #21, someone suggested to stiffen up the bushing by filling up the large void with three pieces of ~1/2" rubber hose (the also filled the lower open slot with some rubber as well).
Anyone here ever try this? Good, bad or ugly results? The factory knew what they were doing so leave it well enough alone? The Alfa Contabiles wanted to save a few lira so they had the Ingegnere make the rubber bushing hole bigger?
TIA,