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Rear wheel suspension, drive shafts 911 Carrera (996) · Disassembly and assembly instructions
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Rear wheel suspension, drive shafts 911 Carrera (996)
Disassembly and assembly instructions
Disassembly The special tool is used together with a torque
wrench to tighten the lock nuts (sllottednuts) on-If necessary,tension the coil spring with the
the spring struts. Tighteningtorques in Repair spring clamp until the piston rod is relieved.
Group 40/42. I
To undo the connection (piston rod to spring
Important: The stabilizer mating ~earing strut mount),counter at the piston rod with a
(mountingsaddle No.4) need not ~e adjusted for 7-mm open-endedwrench.
street use. 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.
It is recommendedto replace the coil
springs only in pairs.
Note
If the vibration damper is to be replaced, set the
height adjusting nut No.2 to the same position 1 -Lock nut 42710002
as on the old vibration damper (transfer the 2 -Height adjusting nut
actual dimension A to the new vibration damper). 3 -Lock nut
4 -Stabilizer mounting saddle
A hook wrench insert -special tool 9647 -is
required for this purpose.
Special tool 9647 is required to change the
vehicle height (dimensionA) and to adjust the
stabilizer mating bearing No.4 -on the front
and rear axles. ~
Specialtool 9647 072_99
42 -14d 42 Disassembling and assembling rear spring strut -GT3
9964214a Printed in Germany -39, 2000
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