(Re-posting here after incorrect post to New Members group)
First post having been a member for a couple of years but thought it might help to share the pain I've had with my '64 plate Cayman S in the last week, and I’d suggest worth a check for those with similar age vehicles?
I’d parked the car inside, just before Christmas, and aside from trickle charging the battery hadn’t touched or moved it until I tried to dig it out last week. It was clear from the moment I tried to move it that there was something seriously wrong with the steering – steering wheel jerking around without being touched, clunking and whining noises coming from the front end.
Drove it down (slowly) to my local independent (Precision Porsche at Sheffield Park) who diagnosed sheared bolts on the mounting between the electric motor and the steering rack. One of the bolts was missing completely, two were lying on the undertray. I’ve attached the pics where you can just about see the bolt stubs stuck in the motor housing. There were signs of corrosion in that area and the assumption is that’s weakened the extremely light alloy bolts and caused them to shear.
Precision hadn’t seen this before and neither had the OPC they get spares from. They also said there wasn’t any more corrosion on it than they’d expect from a similar aged vehicle so this might be something that more people will see as the first gen of electro-mechanical power steering vehicles get to a certain age.
34K on the clock and with COVID, only added 1,200 onto it last year but still a bit of a surprise to have a £3K repair bill this early in the year. Also bizarre that this happened while it was parked up but much better than if it had been on the autobahn at a rate of knots.
Anyhow like I said, worth a check if you’re vehicle is a similar age.
First post having been a member for a couple of years but thought it might help to share the pain I've had with my '64 plate Cayman S in the last week, and I’d suggest worth a check for those with similar age vehicles?
I’d parked the car inside, just before Christmas, and aside from trickle charging the battery hadn’t touched or moved it until I tried to dig it out last week. It was clear from the moment I tried to move it that there was something seriously wrong with the steering – steering wheel jerking around without being touched, clunking and whining noises coming from the front end.
Drove it down (slowly) to my local independent (Precision Porsche at Sheffield Park) who diagnosed sheared bolts on the mounting between the electric motor and the steering rack. One of the bolts was missing completely, two were lying on the undertray. I’ve attached the pics where you can just about see the bolt stubs stuck in the motor housing. There were signs of corrosion in that area and the assumption is that’s weakened the extremely light alloy bolts and caused them to shear.
Precision hadn’t seen this before and neither had the OPC they get spares from. They also said there wasn’t any more corrosion on it than they’d expect from a similar aged vehicle so this might be something that more people will see as the first gen of electro-mechanical power steering vehicles get to a certain age.
34K on the clock and with COVID, only added 1,200 onto it last year but still a bit of a surprise to have a £3K repair bill this early in the year. Also bizarre that this happened while it was parked up but much better than if it had been on the autobahn at a rate of knots.
Anyhow like I said, worth a check if you’re vehicle is a similar age.
