[BW911]

Charlie, Excellent description and analysis of where we probably went wrong. I don't think the beer had anything to do with the foul up on the second one, either. 8)

I was over at Minh's this afternoon and I described the difficulty to him. He was surprised and thought it shouldn't be that hard if we heated it. I told him you might be by for help. I'm going over there tomorrow morning about 10 or so, if you are interested in going.

- Bill

[Doug E]

Great write-up Charlie and thanks for sharing. Hope the rest of your project goes a little smoother for you.

[Marc A]

I would have had Richard over after putting away a few PBRs and handed him a BFH . . . that would have put those bearings in thier place.

[Charlie Stylianos]

Found the problem this evening when I was removing the trailing arms. It was a little easier to see from the backside with the t-arms off. The bearing was not flush within the t-arm when we started to press it into place and did not straighten itself out. It was not obvoius at first and all it takes is just a little to cause problems. I could actually see a little digging of the bearing into the t-arm occuring from the backside.....ouch. Hopefully the bearing can be pressed out, the burring cleaned up and a new bearing installed.

[Charlie Stylianos]

Problem solved. The bearings and trailing arms are a-ok.

Took them by Pitstop this morning with Bill W. and they fixed them up. They said the play in the inner races is normal and they actually used the same type press, albiet BIGGER, to press them in. The first side Bill and I tackled turned out perfect, just needed a little more pressing (~.5mm). The other side had a pretty big score from where we pressed in the bearing crooked. He pulled the bearing out, cleaned up the arm and pressed it home. He did not use any heat/cold, just put the bearing in place and pressed it in. I think the extra clearance from the heat/cold actually allowed me to insert it cockeyed. Next time, I'd just use a press and some lubricant.

Ita amazing what a little coffee and donuts can do......

[Kurt S]

Silly me, after having the car looked at by Dave at Dulles Motorsports, he quietly told me the noise is coming from the front and not the rear. DOH! Whew, front bearings are easy!

Thanks to all who replied and offered input.

BTW, the car is for sale if you know anyone looking for a low mileage 87 Carrera that is as clean as they come. I placed an ad in the classifed section.

Regards

Kurt

[Doug E]

Kurt - selling???? are you looking to upgrade or (god forbid) are you going to a different marque?

For anyone on FR #3, Kurt's car was the red Carrera.

[Kurt S]

Hi Doug

Well, the plan is for a 993 if the budget will allow it although that is probably a long shot. Trouble was that I drove too many 993s and not enough 3.2 Carreras when I was looking for a Porsche and based my desire to have a 911 on what the newer car was like. Not that I don't like mine, it's great, but it's just not what I want in terms of performance etc. Besides, I want something I can drive on the track and for that the 993 does a great job right out of the box. I just can't bring myself to do that with my current car for fear of damage and I don't want to spend money on it in attempts to make it drive more to my liking.

Of course, a car of a different marque has always held great interest for me too and is what I will probably end up with since it fits my budget perfectly

Can you say M Coupe?

Regards

Kurt

[Marc A]

Hey Kurt . . . . Richard has the poop on every available 993 in the world

Maybe he can share the research after his quest for the gold has ended.

IMHO forget about that other Marque.

[Rick Lee]

Kurt, I am buying a midnight blue '96 C2 tomorrow with 29.4k miles on her, lowered with new springs, new Kuhmos, Fabspeed exhaust, front and rear internal radar detector, blah, blah. This is the seller's 9th Porsche and he knows his $hit, which is worth some money for the peace of mind in itself. I have researched these cars VERY thoroughly - like for a few hours per day on Rennlist and www.p-car.com for the last 6 wks. Depending on your budget and pickiness, you can get nice '95's in the low-mid $30k range, though such deals don't grow on trees in this area. I came into a deal that already has all the mods that I would have done to it anyway and just had the 30k miles service done 500 miles ago. So I figure this car will keep me from the mod. slippery slope (for a little while). I've heard from plenty of 993 folks that annual maint. costs are under $500 per year, but the temptation to do mods can easily top $4k a year. It's just a never-ending thing.