Fellow Planet-9'ers,
I recently removed my transmission, not once, but twice*, because once I replaced the dual mass flywheel, clutch, and pressure plate, I heard a horrible squealing sound that turned out to be something else entirely (the
AOS
). While in there I made the following guide.
Part of the reason I'm making these guides is because this is an opportunity to cater to the 987. I noticed a distinct lack of 987 specific guides for the major repairs (transmission) when I was going through these issues. So this is my version of paying it forward while also getting to do a hobby.
The 101 Projects Book is awesome but sometimes omits 987 details...
* yes.. had to drain the clutch hydraulics twice -
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To get to the flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, I also have guides to first jack it up and then on removing the transmission. This step is after you've done the first two.
Here it is:
Good job on the video! Some spots are a little confusing when you have your camera on selfie mode and everything is backwards but I figured it out.
A comment on threadlocker. I would not use it, for two reasons. First, the 120 deg of rotation applies an enormous tensile "preload" on the fastener. This value is carefully selected by the designers at
Porsche
and is what keeps the fastener from coming loose. Second, I looked at the Locktite Blue specs. It can start to "set" in as little as 10 minutes. This could be devastating to the installation process in that you really want to nail that 19 ft-lb starting value. I checked the
Porsche
shop manual and they do not specify anything on the threads so I would expect that 19 is based on "dry threads". If the threadlocker interferes with this torque value, then when you apply the 120 deg of rotation, you may over or under tighten. It is going to be a bad day if you break off a bolt in the end of your crankshaft with drying thread locker on it. Good luck getting that bad boy out! So I would say just don't use it.
One other comment. When you get to the part where you are rotating to an angle, you can use any big *** tool that you want to give you an easier time of it. You don't need to use a
torque wrench
. I would not use an impact wrench though, just a long "breaker bar", etc.
Instead of going through all the trouble of cutting out that piece of paper, you could just use 2
points
of the bolt as reference. Each point is 60° apart.
Shoot. Wish I had known that about the threadlocker. Was great to learn, thank you sir.
Added to the video in the comments section.
Goshdarn genius. Thanks for sharing.
Added to the video in the comments section.
