help needed!!
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Probably the linkage under the flimsy plastic panel at the base of the windscreen (seen with the bonnet up).
The ball joint tends to work loose and the ball part falls out/works out of the link arm that connects to the motor. You might be able to just pop it back in, but a new arm is cheap enough from Porsche - make sure you get the right one though - there are 2, one bent one straight (the passenger and drivers side are different). You can see which when you look at the one that has gone [
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The ball joint tends to work loose and the ball part falls out/works out of the link arm that connects to the motor. You might be able to just pop it back in, but a new arm is cheap enough from Porsche - make sure you get the right one though - there are 2, one bent one straight (the passenger and drivers side are different). You can see which when you look at the one that has gone [
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xenon
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I had exactly this but in my case it was a bit more difficult. The nylon sleeve on the ball (which acts as a lubricant and an over-centre clip) had perished and therefore the £10 linkage wouldn't help. The ball forms part of the spindle and I was told I would need a whole linkage assembly []
Undeterred I sleeved the ball with some heat-shrink tubing and packed the socket with lithium grease. It re-assembled with a satisfactory click and has been fine since.
If the nylon ring on the ball is intact then a new linkage arm, as described, is easy to fit.
]Undeterred I sleeved the ball with some heat-shrink tubing and packed the socket with lithium grease. It re-assembled with a satisfactory click and has been fine since.
If the nylon ring on the ball is intact then a new linkage arm, as described, is easy to fit.
thanks for the replies, i have had a look and yes, the two parts have just come apart!! what is the ball?? a third part.....i have tried lighty squeezing them back together but they wont stay!! they keep coming apart...should i use more force ?? or am i missing a bit...like a ball which needs to go in.
xenon
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That's exactly what mine did. The "ball" is the bit that you are trying to connect the arm to. It forms a ball-and-socket joint to allow movement. The ball (on the end of the spindle arm) should have a white nylon sleeve on it - I suspect it disintegrated like mine did. You may find (as I did) that a new linkage arm will fall off in exactly the same way. As I say, some heat-shrink sleeving over the ball, and lots of lithium grease, fixed it for me.
xenon
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Yes, it sounds like it. Without the sleeve there is no way the two bits will stay together. The nylon sleeve gets compressed as the socket part goes over centre. With no sleeve, there is nothing for it to grab onto. I got some suitable sized sleeving and heat-shrunk it onto the spindle ball to make my own. Use plenty of grease in there too.
As Fen said, the part is only £7 or so.
GT-One are v.good. Not sure they would have this in stock but you never know []
GT-One are v.good. Not sure they would have this in stock but you never know [
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xenon
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It's not that difficult. The heat-shrink tubing is just a thin plastic tube - cut a piece about 1cm long and wriggle in on to the ball. The heat gun is a glorified hair-dryer - an actual hair dryer might be hot enough too. Once it's shrunk on, clip the two pieces together.
I don't know what a garage would charge, if you could convince them to do a 'bodge' repair, but it only took me 10 minutes.
I don't know what a garage would charge, if you could convince them to do a 'bodge' repair, but it only took me 10 minutes.
xenon
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ORIGINAL: Mark Bennett
As Fen said, the part is only £7 or so.
GT-One are v.good. Not sure they would have this in stock but you never know [
that's for the linkage arm - the missing nylon sleeve is on the spindle section. I tried a new linkage arm on mine, but with no nylon sleeve it just fell off too.
xenon
New member
If you look on PET you will see it is not a separate part and is only available with the whole linkage frame part # 945.628.961.00. You could try a new linkage arm - as has been said, they are cheap and a new socket might grip tightly enough. Let me know if you want me to post you some sleeving.
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