How to: Spring plate bushing replacement, part 3
07-30-2004, 09:12 PM
#16
Race Car
Originally Posted by Bill
Hey, maybe we have something here! How about a group buy AND group install. I am sure we could get 10 to 20 - 944's in my garage and driveway. Then have Chuck guide us through the surgery, classroom style. 
05-11-2005, 08:26 PM
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Bill, great to hear the positive news! I think that a possible NorCal session with Chuck of ER is a great idea and one that would be appreciated by us 944 Pcar guys here in the Bay Area. Awesome - thanks for the write-up, I for one would LOVE to get back to your place to hang out again like we used to. I'll even bring my car this time! Ironically I've been doing suspension work on my rear end, swapping out t-bars and stuff; and as soon as I saw those shiny parts, I thought - Wow, looks great! Anyone who's taken their spring plates off knows that the rubber is usually in a sorry state.
09-07-2015, 01:49 AM
#21
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Great write up but I only managed to get the housing and torsion bar off using alot of prying force. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I've disconnected the sway bar link but only the drivers side, removed the exhaust, removed the torsion bar trailing arm bolt, removed the 3 bolts on the spring plate to trailing arm, but cannot get one side of the torsion tube low like in the pictures. I haven't removed the spring clips for brake hose as even though I remove them, there's a bolt in the way on the hardline. This is an '86 951 btw. I can't get it low enough to install the four torsion housing bolts. Also, my torsion tube mount was fused to the housing and broke, do I need this going coil over route?thanks for any tips or advices. It's true what they say about doing torsion bars. Worst job ever. And I've swapped engines and transmissions by myself with basic tools except the engine hoist. Lol
