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was the inner vw bushing loose when you installed it? Any other issues when installing the 944 setup? Thanks.
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Wally, JMD, what shocks are you using at the rear with the 944 setup?
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I did the same too, little heat and grinder with wire wheel. Actually fire didnt help wery much, so i teared the rest of rubber with knife and pliers, then tried wire wheel, worked great.
Next step is to send the plates and hardware to electric zink plating. |
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I always burn out the old bushes as it usually means less hard work and less of a danger of cutting into the housing when using a hacksaw. I've now got lazy and light the Bar-B-Q and drop the whole arm on (Yum Yum) to burn the bushes out.
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Actually big heavy wirewheel worked wery well with angle grinder.
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They work very well, but I always feel they should have been a little bit shorter as I fear bottoming them out. My (shortenend) bump stops have always prevented this I think, but would have liked a little more travel out of them so I cold shorten the bump stops an inch more.. Oh, I did of course bore out the bottom 12mm mount for the porsche's 14mm bolts. A dedicated (porsche) shock with 14mm from the start would be better of course. Last edited by Wally; February 11th 2010 at 15:06. |
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I also bored out the bush for the 14mm Porsche bolt on the Spax dampers we fitted, but it occurred to me that a standard 14mm steel bush pressed in to the 12mm rubber might also work giving a greater preload to the bush i.e. making it stiffer as well as giving a better crush resistance compared to a bored out steel bush? Clive |
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1) The bottom ring is usually concave in section i.e. bell'd. The bearing would have to be pressed in. 2) The ring size would have to be between 34 - 41.2mm dia depending on the selected bearing - teflon lined would be preferred. 3) The race would have to be staked in and a good press fit to stop the race spinning The minimum race size of 34mm sounds too large for the normal bottom eye ring? The best option would be to include a sleeve as well to the outside of the bearing so that the whole lot could be accurately machined but I don't think the spec is available. Having said all of that Ricola's Pro-tech dampers look like an affordable proposition especially as they are made to order with I assume the potential of different eye bolt diameters. It's time to pension Billy off. Clive |
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Yeah, sferical bearings.
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clive you want to get involved in a group buy from protech? I am stateside and am pondering the costs of shipping... anyone else? we can all get into a new setup?!
I am still sourcing this solution and have recently stumbled into a problem. I can't seem to find the pitch for the 14mm bolt in the 944 trailing arm. Anyone know? |
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Aren't they M14x1.5? You can check with a standard wheel bolt (if its long enough) Clive |
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