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The linkage seems to be fine, so I just removed the broken bit off the end of the linkage and installed the hew part and then reconnected the linkage.
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The linkage seems to be fine, so I just removed the broken bit off the end of the linkage and installed the hew part and then reconnected the linkage.
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2003 C2
While snooping around around the engine looking for coolant leaks today I saw this part on the driver's side of the engine bay. It looks like some type of actuator rod that is disconnected on one end (looks like a tab is broken off of it) and just hanging there. I scrolled through every picture in the parts list a little while ago and didn't see anything that looks like it. Any insight would be appreciated.
Also it appears that there is not a similar part on the passenger side.
Let me know if you need better pictures, I was having trouble getting a good angle for a picture. I had to put my finger there to make sure I was actually getting a picture of it...
Actually, it might be this part #20
It looks like it's still attached to #21, but not part #18
Part 21 is a "sensor" 996 631 121 00
Part 18 is a "support" 996 341 371 03
I had a bad sensor on the Cayenne and it caused the headlights to constantly 'hunt' up and down. On the cayenne, there are front and rear sensors both on the left side.
yeah, that's kind of what it looks like except the rods are metal on the 996. I've never noticed my headlights doing anything weird--probably because the weight of the rods are keeping it pulled all the way down. With the lighter weight plastic of yours, I could see that it might bounce around more.
The levers just move with the suspension. The motors in the headlights were causing the bounce because they weren't getting the correct signal from the level sensor(s). Plastic vs metal wouldn't have made any difference. I have no idea if it works on the same principal in the 996 though.
Very common for these to fail. The ball / socket seizes up and the plastic part (18) then breaks.
The plastic part that attaches to the coffin arm is cheap but the metal link rod is expensive. You might get lucky and be able to free up the seized ball / socket by mounting the rod in a vice and very gently moving the ball end around.
I replaced this part today. The linkage seems to be fine, so I just removed the broken bit off the end of the linkage and installed the hew part and then reconnected the linkage. To give you an idea of what was left, the picture shows the new part on top and what's left of the old part on bottom.
