Need Front Strut Seals
#1
Intermediate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Can anyone point me to a source for strut seals for the "early" Bilstein front struts? The early struts did not have a lip machined at the top. They were constant diameter all the way up. They did not use a separate grease seal and (large) grease cap. The struts I'm trying to rebuild are from a 74 Carrera. Porsche does not have a part number for the seal.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
#3
Intermediate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Hi Steve, I've spoken to Bilstein in Poway at length. They could not find a part number for the correct seal. I have part numbers from them for the separate seal and cap configuration used on "later" struts. That config won't work because it fits a strut with the outer diameter machined down at the very top. They pulled engineering drawings to get measurements to verify that.
Porsche parts catalog supersedes the strut number (911.34.079.36) I have with one (911.34.079.33) that corresponds to the strut Bilstein currently offers with the lip at the top.
Bilstein offered to try to get the correct seal if I could find a part number for it.
Bob
Porsche parts catalog supersedes the strut number (911.34.079.36) I have with one (911.34.079.33) that corresponds to the strut Bilstein currently offers with the lip at the top.
Bilstein offered to try to get the correct seal if I could find a part number for it.
Bob
#4
RL Technical Advisor
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I'm currently out of them here otherwise I would give you the numbers off one of them to look up (unless its a proprietary size).
I've not purchased them in some time so it may be NLA, however I will find out this week.
I've not purchased them in some time so it may be NLA, however I will find out this week.
#5
Intermediate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Steve, for reference, the part numbers for the "late" configuration (i.e., the ones that won't work) are:
Grease Seal E4-B36-800A
Grease Cap E4-B36-627
Grease Seal E4-B36-800A
Grease Cap E4-B36-627
#6
Rennlist Member
![Default](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Hi Bob - Thanks for working on this mess. I wish the shop across the country would have sent the parts from the struts when he disassembled them. I emailed him about a week ago about this and have not heard a word. I really appreciate it. Hopefully this gets worked out soon so the car can go on the ground.
Michael
![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)