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YOUR RESEARCHDevice attached to rear lower left suspension arm?
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I repaired mine by taking a rag t-shirt, cut some strips and super-glued the part back together, and then used the fabric and more superglue to help support.
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I repaired mine by taking a rag t-shirt, cut some strips and super-glued the part back together, and then used the fabric and more superglue to help support.
Device attached to rear lower left suspension arm?
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I have no photo of it, but can take one and post one if it helps.
On my left rear lower control arm of my 2001 996 Cabriolet there is a plastic bracket which connects via a long thin plastic rod to a potentiometer of some sort. What is this thing? I have looked at the parts fiche and can only think that it either has something to do with xenon headlight movements based upon pitch of the car during braking or acceleration, or maybe something to do with the ABS?
I managed to damage the plastic bracket which connects to the lower suspension arm and need to find the part number of a replacement. Dumb, dumb, dumb,,,
Part number
996-341-371-03-M100
https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_In...Y&fs=0&SVSVSI=
I broke mine a while back and finally ordered one recently.
I still haven’t installed it, thanks for the reminder.
^^^ That's just the bracket Tex... I think he needs the "Strut". There is one in the rear as well - but I thought it was on the passenger side (drivers side in the front) Part # 20 here...
http://www.autoatlanta.com/porsche-p...section=501-01
Wow! not cheap
I have one at each end and both on the driver's side. Both appear to be non-functional. Quite certain they are to assist in aiming the Litronic headlights.
No, I broke the rear one yesterday removing it from the rear lower arm. Then I broke the front one today (that 20 year old plastic gets brittle). So far I have not broken the actuator rods (there is always tomorrow). Thanks for the information, I will order these right away. This is not a device I have found on any of my other (older) cars so I was a bit confounded by its purpose, as to my knowledge a 2001 996 lacks active suspension.
Correct - no active suspension! It merely "tells" the Litronic headlights where to aim depending on the angle of the car (the arm connects to an electronic controller which in turn sends a signal to the light's motor(s).
They might have changed it in the .2 configuration. on My '99 there's one in the front and one in the rear (I think it's on the passenger side, so diagonal from the front...)
I looked last night and it doesn't appear that anything has been removed.
That would have surprised me considering very little on the car has been removed from the car...prior to my ownership of course.
The PO gave me everything that was removed (original stereo and trim pieces, tires, orange reflectors, etc) except for the mufflers, although he offered them to me too.
i broke mine installing new Coil overs, couldn't find it by itself and freaked out at the assembly cost, even used. So thanks for this!
I repaired mine by taking a rag t-shirt, cut some strips and super-glued the part back together, and then used the fabric and more superglue to help support. Worked well.
^^^ Now I have to look again...
I was just in there doing the suspension a couple weeks ago, so I know there's the one on the drivers side front... I just can't for the life of me remember the rear one
old age I guess...
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