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Update - disregard my post from last night, as I wasn't thinking correctly when working with the clock spring. I indexed it correctly, but left out one important step - reinstalled it onto the shaft BEFORE reorienting intermediate shaft to line up with the flat on the pinion shaft. Did a quick check this morning before heading off to work, and problem *should* be solved tonight. The only remaining question is how to mate the intermediate shaft back onto the pinion shaft since the rack is fully mounted.
V2 is dead on right- you have to get that thing onto the spline shaft and at least get the bolt through before anything else. So picture it "hanging" by the pinion. It is the only way to maneuver it successfully onto the shaft.
I am about to install my shaft, but mine seems to be different from what I see here. It is adjustable.
Seems like it would be much easier to install an adjustable one. Was this just on later cars?
I am about to install my shaft, but mine seems to be different from what I see here. It is adjustable.
Seems like it would be much easier to install an adjustable one. Was this just on later cars?
That is not a Porsche 944 intermediate shaft, it’s some weird homemade redneck trickery.
magk944, I forgot to mention I have a cabriolet. Maybe this was just for cabs? A lot of things are different on the cabs, even the clutch line is totally different - shape and routing. A quick google search shows this shaft on a 91 cab and a 968 cab (did not spend much time looking it up, this is why I think maybe it was just cabs) Maybe Porsche finally made a decent part that is easy to install! It just took me minutes to install this redneck trickery From my point of view Porsche "shafted" the rest of the 944 owners! Might be a good upgrade if you can find one.
magk944, I forgot to mention I have a cabriolet. Maybe this was just for cabs? A lot of things are different on the cabs, even the clutch line is totally different - shape and routing. A quick google search shows this shaft on a 91 cab and a 968 cab (did not spend much time looking it up, this is why I think maybe it was just cabs) Maybe Porsche finally made a decent part that is easy to install! It just took me minutes to install this redneck trickery From my point of view Porsche "shafted" the rest of the 944 owners! Might be a good upgrade if you can find one.
If it is then that’s something I’ve learnt today
However they only list two steering intermediate shafts in the 968 PET (which includes the cabs) and they are the same part number as the 944 cars, only difference between the two is lhd/rhd.
Edit: I just researched again and you are right the cabs are different. Not adjustable but it looks like they have some sort of isolator built into the shaft. They look different to yours but you can’t really tell 100% by the parts diagrams. Need to double check with other S2/968 cab owners to confirm.
Just poked around a litgle and saw some posts where the .manual shafts were nla. These were old posts so do not know if that is still the case. If so, could the adjustable ones be used instead? Just a thought for people with manual racks. I can remove mine and measure the length it goes to if needed
I took a slip jointed steering shaft like that out of my 1992 968 cab, it was binding a tiny bit. I'd never seen one like it before and wondered if it was a Volvo shaft or something. I replaced it with a typical one.
Update - got it mated back up late last night, 968 is back on the road! With new FPR, runs excellent now. Get a quick alignment tomorrow morning, and on to the next project (power mirror and exterior temp sensor problem).
10-10-2019, 02:26 PM
From my point of view Porsche "shafted" the rest of the 944 owners! Might be a good upgrade if you can find one.
