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4 Removing spring strut locking devices -Carrera and GT3 · General Removing spring str
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911 Carrera (996) Running gear
4 Removing spring strut locking devices -Carrera and GT3
General Removing spring strut locking devices
Spring strut locking devices are installed on the 1. Lift the vehicle (wheels at the front axle
front axle of the following new vehicles in must be free).
order to protect the vehicle during transport The wheels need not be removed.
(e.g. driving on and off during lorry transport):
2. Removespring strut lockirllgdevices from
RoWnew vehicles with the option "Sports all spring struts. To do this, pull spring
package" P70 (manualtransmission)or strut locking devices off the springs.
P71 (Tiptronic transmission)
911 GT3
This increasesthe ground clearance of the
vehicle.
Tests have demonstrated that spring strut
locking devices are not necessary at the
rear axle.
The spring strut locking devices must be
removed before a test drive and before the
vehicle is handed over to the customer!
If the spring strut locking devices are not
removed, this will seriously impair the handling
behaviour and thus the driving safety.
Send the removed spring strut locking
devices to the Porsche Warranty Test Office
in Ludwigsburg.
Include the spring strut locking deviceswith
the normal warranty goods consignment.
4 Removing spring strut locking devices -Carrera and GT3 4 -7
Printed in Germany -25, 1999 9964_5
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