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YOUR RESEARCHRattling Suspension
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I've only used it 3 times when I installed Feal coilovers on 3 different Porsche 996s.
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I also used a large pipe wrench to squeeze the ball joint and there was no play.
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I�m guessing the only way to inspect the mount is to pull it out?
Replace most/all of the suspension parts is probably prudent
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Replacing most/all of the suspension parts is probably prudent.
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Audibly it sounds like the suspension is in need of a refresh. However when I inspected the passenger side, the loudest side, I didn�t see anything obnoxiously wrong with it. I did a shake test on the rotor there was no play. I also used a large pipe wrench to squeeze the ball joint and there was no play. They�re cracked so I�m going to assume it leaked all its juices out. But it�s not slathered on the hub either. Take a look.
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Sometimes it is just the sway bar links being tired. Grab firmly and move around. Even the lightest clunk gets amplified through the unibody when driving.
To be honest with the age and condition if your car i think it would be wise to unbolt most of the suspension and either inspect or replace. I think u will find torn boots, cracked rubber, blown bushings and missing bump stops. Its not that hard to take our cars apart and get piece of mind. Its a slippery slope and can get a little expensive but right is....right and these cars will reward u when u get it there.
Absolutely agree with you. Replacing most/all of the suspension parts is probably prudent. However, I can see this getting out of hand very quickly. Suspension and convertible top are tops on my list at the moment. I'm trying not to blow my load too quickly.
If you fix your car too fast, you'll end up buying another one because you have nothing to work on! Maybe do the suspension in stages: first, coilovers, then swaybars and links, then arms... Then you could report out the incremental improvements. My plan is to have these done by the end of the year. Big difference is I don't have any clunks and creaks in mine to start with. Good luck!
Very good point! Which is why I'm itemizing everything before spending anything over 100 dollars. Then I'll prioritize. With all the help I'm getting on the forum and from my YT channel I might start a community build instead. Every time I get a new part donated I'll give them a shout out. Something to think about...
Sway bar links are not expensive and supper easy to replace. However, I had a bad one and my front end was making a huge clunk in parking lot bumps. That can be an easy first step.
I don't have Instagram, but does it sound like rattling plastic? I have a sound when going over bumps that I thought were the undertrays rattling, but they seem fine. Nice and tight.
Going to try and replace the sway bar links to see if that is the issue. I can see the rubber boot(s) on both sides are deteriorating.
Yogi, congrats on your purchase and building the car to your specs. It sounds like you will enjoy the build.
I sound like a broken record sometimes when I tell new owners that they need to join their local PCA region and start networking as well as get to know the various Porsche shops with good reputations in your area. The reason is that you can source quite a few used parts that way for pennies on the dollar, or guys that have new parts that they never used, and in many cases, it just sits in their garage because they are just like me and can't figure out how to sell something on eBay. Or just don't have the time to do it.
More importantly, not everyone gets involved with the RL forum nor tunes into YouTube on a regular basis. I am a good example. Having owned my 2002 C2 since 2002, it wasn't until last year that I started to read the forum. For some reason I saw Zbomb's build and what he was doing caught my attention.
The point is that RL is an awesome forum, but just as awesome is to develop a network within the PCA and various shops to find parts. Been there, done that, and will continue to do it because...
We can all spend a **** load of money making our cars perfect. But every so often, you can save a few bucks if you are in the right network.
Good luck with the build. Looking forward to the outcome.
I bought the thinnest wrench set at Autozone and ground the 17mm down so it was thinner than normal.
No way I was doing that with my Snap-on or Craftsman wrenches.
A $20 wrench set was the perfect set to go on a diet for narrow clearances.
I am/was a moderator for the LSRPCA Facebook group.
But I haven't been on Facebook for almost a year now, except for a quick look at something my wife wants me to look at.
She told me I was going to be dropped from one of the 996 owners groups there due to inactivity.
I told her I'd rather just hang out in the Rennlist 996 forum.
Needs to be thin like the one on the left.
cheap Autozone ground down wrench on left.
Snap-on wrench in middle
GM Goodwrench on the right.
My Craftsman set is even thicker
The Snap-on wrench will almost fit.
The ground down one isn't a lot thinner, but it fits great.
I've only used it 3 times when I installed Feal coilovers on 3 different Porsche 996s.
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