ammonman

Hi all,

I called a few tool wholesalers trying to find one that has the Porsche specific parts of the sir Tools B90 Master Kit in stock. Two of them called Sir Tools directly and were told that a B90-P (the Porsche kit) won't be available until late August/Early September. Does anyone have the kit they would be willing to rent/loan? I asked Dr. Bob if his kit was available but he is still in the process of moving. It will be at least a few weeks before he could even consider hunting down his kit and getting it shipped. If anyone has a kit to rent/loan please shoot me a PM.

Thanks

Mike

soontobered84

Mike, I think you and Sharon will just have to make a run down here to use the tool that is currently local.

M. Requin

Mike, are you looking for the full kit, or just the 928 specific parts? I have the latter.

killav

Mike,

Like John says, we do have access to one here in Dallas/Ft Worth. I have used it for both of my rear wheel bearings, and I know John had it last. It usually resides at Sean's house.

SeanR

I know it's nice to volunteer tools guys, but you do know that it is not mine to loan out and that's the reason I didn't offer it up. If it was mine I'd already have it in the mail to Mike.

killav

Sorry I wasn't implying to ship it out anywhere. I was just reiterating what John was saying in that maybe we could help him out and swap out the bearing/bearings locally if he came over for a visit in the near future provided the car was running. Just trying to help Mike out who I consider a good friend and basically a "local" to our group.

Anyway sorry Mike, looks like you will need to shoot Martin a PM.

soontobered84

My post was meant tongue-in-cheek only. That's why I didn't post the location or the owner. Sorry if anything other than that was implied.

ammonman

I have a bearing on the Boxster that is just starting to make a chirp under high lateral load. Figured if one is going the others can't be far behind so I'm changing them all. I have a 20T press but that is pretty labor intensive what with taking the wheel carriers completely off. I may try the HF kit plus a slide hammer for removing the flanges. After more research it seems an alignment is inevitable if the fronts are replaced so there may not be any advantage to the B90 kit over other on-car methods.

Thanks for the efforts and see you all soon ( either 3rd Coast or sooner if I can swing it.)

Mike

M. Requin

If you have a press and can get the car up in the air a bit, lift or stands, taking off the wheel carriers, and dealing with the bearings with a press and the right tools makes it duck soup. Be glad to loan them to you. NB: my set does NOT include the "horse shoe", it is for off-the-chassis only.

ammonman

Thanks for the kind offer Martin. I had another offer via PM that is much appreciated. My main motivation for trying to buy the B90 set up was to avoid the expense (and time, and teaching the kid running the machine to do a proper Porsche alignment) of alignment after replacing the bearings. However it seems to do the front bearings on the Boxster with the B90 requires the struts be removed, thus requiring a full alignment anyway. Since I have the press I think I'll use this as an opportunity to see if the work can be done with more commonly available tools and hardware ala track-side. If I get stymied I can always use my press to complete the work.

If you get down to 3rd Coast or I ever get to SITM your first round is on me.

Mike

soontobered84

Mike,
Are you in a big hurry, or is it just noisy? Sean and I were talking today about making a 928 specific tool along the lines of the Sir Tool tool. The Sir Tool works great, but it could be made better with some tweaking for the 928 specifically. I'm not sure if it would apply to a Boxster, but I think it would.

M. Requin

Hope I can take you up on that sometime!

I would certainly be interested in hearing more about this project!

tmpusfugit

The biggest problem I have had with the SIR B90 tool is the case being destroyed in shipping. The kit is very heavy and mine last came back with the hinges completely broken up by UPS giving it their usual 30' drop test....I haven't figured out how to case it and ship it safely. But I do have one and it is available here in the Houston area for use for those that need it. I know others have shipped these kits about and my question is how are they packaged and how are they surviving shipments?

dr bob

Mine hasn't survived well, with both case interior and hinge failures. The last 'loop' it took started out in Anaheim, made it through Las Vegas, northern Arizona and on to Michigan before returning home. Along the way it was supposed to get a user-donated shipping crate, but alas it came home in a cardboard box again. It's all cleaned up and repacked again, sitting on the shelf here, but it won't survive another journey just wrapped in cardboard.


Plan from this point is to fab a plywood crate with a hinged lid and closure bolts, with room for bubble-wrap between the case and crate. I may fill the plastic case shells with expanding foam to help support the weight of the pieces inside better. Reality is that the original blow-molded plastic case was never intended to be a shipping container, just for keeping the bits organized on the shelf here in the workshop.


Right now my workbay is stacked with boxes of things, stuff, tools and junk. I took a couple months out of my project schedule to move, and I need to get back to my client projects before I spend a lot of time on the workspace. The car has been washed but not cleaned since the move, and the boot is still filled with 928 parts and pieces that have no other available home here yet. Cabinets and storage will be a winter project if I can catch up on my client work.

Hold On

Thats the reason I never shipped it. I knew that case would never survive UPS . Its just to heavy to ship in its plastic storage bin. I picked it up at Mark`s place and delivered it back there on my next parts trip.