Front wheel suspension, drive shafts 911 Carrera (996) · Disassembly and assembly instructions

Front wheel suspension, drive shafts 911 Carrera (996) Disassembly and assembly instructions Disassembly -If necessary,tension the coil spring with the spring clamp until the piston rod is relieved. To undo the connection (piston rod to spring strut mount), counter at the piston rod with a 7-mm Allen key. Important: Never use an impact bolter to loosen or tighten the fastening nut. Removeall parts from the piston rod Preliminary work and notes on assembly -Replace nut for fastening the piston rod on the spring strut mount. 4 -Stabilizer block 40850002 Grease thread of the piston rod with Optimoly HT (copper grease/only at the front Attention: The stabilizer block need not axle), be adjusted for street use. The stabilizer block -dimension B (198 mm Note plus/minus 0.5 mm) -is also set on replacement dampers. If the vibration damper is to be replaced, set the height adjusting nut No.2 to the same position as on the old vibration damper (transfer the actual dimension A to the new vibration damper). A hook wrench insert -special tool 9647 -is required for this purpose. Special tool 9647 is required for changingthe vehicle height (dimension A) and for adjusting the stabilizer mating bearing (dimension B). The special tool is used together with a torque wrench to tighten the lock nuts (slotted nuts) on the spring struts. Tightening torques in Repair Group40/42. Special tool 9647 072_99 40 -12d 40 Disassembling and assembling front spring strut -GT3 9964012a Printed in Germany -39, 2000