ENGINEERMAN

Hi:

I have had a sticky clutch pedal in my 930 4 speed. Upon researching the project I decided to rebuild the pedal cluster with Weltmeister Bronze bushings and to replace the shift rod guide bearings, etc. I then went back to the transmission and decided to clean and relube the clutch pivot arm. The clutch cable slides easily so I know that there is no problem with that.

Anyhow, I disassembled the pivot arm assembly, cleaned up everything and am in the process of putting everything back together. My problem surrounds the "C" shaped clutch helper spring. The manual that I have to reference (and the Pelican Parts Tech Article) shows only the regular 915 transmission which has a different clutch helper spring than the one in my 930 4 speed transmission. The 915 spring has a round hole in it that slides over a locating pin so it is virtually impossible to put back in the incorrect orientation. The one in my 930 snaps into place in a different manner. It does not slide over a locating pin like the 915 transmission and so there are a couple of different ways that it can go back in and for the life of me I do not remember which way it was (I know, I feel stupid)!

MY PROBLEM IS THAT I DID NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF THE PROPER ORIENTATION OF THE SPRING PRIOR TO DISASSEMBLING IT thinking that I could reference the manual when reassembling so now I am stuck and cannot seem to find anything but pictures of the 915 version. Does anyone have a picture (or tech article) of how the spring is oriented on the 930 transmission clutch arm assembly? I sure would appreciate a picture (or web link) of the proper orientation for the 930 transmission.

Thanks in advance!

Tom

WERK-I

Tom,
Here's some "before" pics I used as reference when I tore down my engine. Good luck.

Gino

Tom-
I just noticed Dave's post after looking at my Manual, but there is a picture in section 30-11 and 30-12 of the spring and it's orientation...
-G

ENGINEERMAN

Hi Dave & Gino:

That's exactly what I needed Dave! Thanks very much! I usually take digital photos but in this instance had a brain@!*%. Thank goodness you were more on the ball than I and are nice enough to help me out.

Can you guys tell me where I can get a 930 Manual. My car is a bit of a kit car. It started life as a 1977 Targa and was converted to a Strosek 930 Turbo. A very professional job and very well done (performed by two very well known Porsche specialists (Bob Aziano & David Hart of Prototech) but I cannot find a service manual for a 930 and it sure would be handy. Any suggestions?

Thanks again!

Tom

PS: By the way did all 930's have the little extension spring shown in your photos? Mine does not have that (at least not when I went to look at it).

ENGINEERMAN

Hi everyone:

Thanks to Dave and Gino I was able to successfully reinstall the clutch helper spring.

I have a tip that may be of future help to someone when it comes to be your turn for reinstalling the spring. It is a VERY STIFF spring to compress enough to fit it back into its location using, say, a large channel lock pliers. I'm pretty strong and was unable to compress it enough to get it in using that approach.

After struggling for a while I came upon the idea of using a large enough C Clamp to precompress the spring before putting in position. Then once I had it located properly I just released the load on the C Clamp and it locked right into position. That method made for a very easy installation. I hope that tip may be of some use to someone in the future.

Best regards!

Tom