David Hooper
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Ha !
Engine mounts turns into new anti roll bar bushes, drop link bushes, front wishbone bushes, rear wishbone mounts and all the front scrubbed and sorted etc etc etc !!!
Suffice to say I decided to do all the bushes as Hartech had advised me that they were all getting close at the last service. The front wishbone bolts were seized solid, no grease or copper slip in sight I think they were original, and the big hammer is not an option with ally all around.
After a lot of blood sweat and swearing I hacksawed thro' them at the side. I then rang Simon at Porsche-apart who had supplied the mounts, to be told that the front bushes were not available ! Cue loads of words not even heard before in Ramsbottom, but , good man that he is, he got me some poly-bushes which is what I wanted anyway.
The new bushes all got here today. The rear wishbone bushes (well mounts for the wishbone not really bushes in the wishbone) are interesting, they are a Porsche part but look far better than the old style, stiffer and better location I would think.
Dropping the crossmember was OK but I did undo a lot more than the help sheet off the Paragon web site said to. The difference's between the 944 and the 968 being responsible I guess.
The engine mounts themselves were u/s especially the exhaust side. They were also nasty to get at having to use a ring combination to undo the 13mm head bolts about a qtr turn at a time. Yes they were tight all the way to the top !
Anyway its all going back together OK and its booked into PCT for an alighnment check next week.
If anybody is considering this job its not difficult with the right tools and some patience so do not hesitate to ask if you need some advice.
It really is an excellent way to get to know your car and also sort out bits and bobs while you are there, ie the bare stud up against the PAS metal pipe to the cooler where there shoud be a rubber clamp to protect it. It had just rubbed through the plastic and started on the metal.
That would have been interesting halfway down the Craner Curves as it peed oil all over the place !
Right, where's the booking for the first trackday ???!!!
Cheers
Dave Hooper.
Engine mounts turns into new anti roll bar bushes, drop link bushes, front wishbone bushes, rear wishbone mounts and all the front scrubbed and sorted etc etc etc !!!
Suffice to say I decided to do all the bushes as Hartech had advised me that they were all getting close at the last service. The front wishbone bolts were seized solid, no grease or copper slip in sight I think they were original, and the big hammer is not an option with ally all around.
After a lot of blood sweat and swearing I hacksawed thro' them at the side. I then rang Simon at Porsche-apart who had supplied the mounts, to be told that the front bushes were not available ! Cue loads of words not even heard before in Ramsbottom, but , good man that he is, he got me some poly-bushes which is what I wanted anyway.
The new bushes all got here today. The rear wishbone bushes (well mounts for the wishbone not really bushes in the wishbone) are interesting, they are a Porsche part but look far better than the old style, stiffer and better location I would think.
Dropping the crossmember was OK but I did undo a lot more than the help sheet off the Paragon web site said to. The difference's between the 944 and the 968 being responsible I guess.
The engine mounts themselves were u/s especially the exhaust side. They were also nasty to get at having to use a ring combination to undo the 13mm head bolts about a qtr turn at a time. Yes they were tight all the way to the top !
Anyway its all going back together OK and its booked into PCT for an alighnment check next week.
If anybody is considering this job its not difficult with the right tools and some patience so do not hesitate to ask if you need some advice.
It really is an excellent way to get to know your car and also sort out bits and bobs while you are there, ie the bare stud up against the PAS metal pipe to the cooler where there shoud be a rubber clamp to protect it. It had just rubbed through the plastic and started on the metal.
That would have been interesting halfway down the Craner Curves as it peed oil all over the place !
Right, where's the booking for the first trackday ???!!!
Cheers
Dave Hooper.
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