iamgod

mother of gawd i am done... i have triumphed and defeated the germans, USA USA USA

it took a month and three shops...grand total of 28 hours of brutal labour and $1k in parts

i still need to reattach the exhaust which is at the BF!, shop #2, but she drove under her own power open header around to park

i must now go pee on a tree and other manly things!

Mighty Shilling

lol... it's a PITA...

Mamooguy

I think we need a "clutch horror stories" thread/group therapy type situation.

jbrill

did mine on my s2 in 16 hours. i thought it was rather simple actually... maybe i was lucky? What went wrong on yours?

Nyx

3 shops? Probably another case of the "Oh.. Porsche 944 Yeah.. we can work on that for you. No Problem"

- I fixed a guys door handle once who had brought it to 4 different shops! All with no success, one said unfixable, another said needs new handles, third said it' just needs a little grease... and pumped it into the handle, and latch assembly. the last just flat out said he doesnt know.

- I fixed it in about 3 hours work, with 2 and a 1/2 turns of the up throw barrel screw. Lol

28 hours has got to hurt, sorry to hear that... at least the shops will never take a 944 clutch job on again.

V2Rocket

Those Germans just don't realize that AMERIKA will always win.

Once you hit that tree, it is part of your territory. You may find the need to defend it. If so, use the torque wrench you used recently on your clutch and smack any challengers over the head.

iamgod

i did the work myself with help from my 2 brothers, the first shop was brother #1's he is a dodge/chrysler tech...but he was told on the third day that they didn't want it in the shop?!? so we towed it to shop 2 which is owned by a guy on my local car forum who let me use his lift when he didn't have any work...after a week of 'try again tomorrow' brother #2 who works for the city let me use the city garage...just no lift.

issue #1 we broke off a ref sensor
issue #2 the clutch fork pivot rod was fused in and required one bish of an effort to remove
issue #3 getting the damn bellhousing off i found bro #1 forgot the ground on the top (in his defense he undid the otherside
issue #4 slave cylinder was kaput! had to replace
issue #5 forgot the plastic sheath from issue still fused inside ref sensor bracket
issue #6 the stupid plastic guidetube for the shiftrod what a pita...also by now we are working on jacks

the time i quoted included towing and jacking so i could have been less

sharky47

Do a clutch change on a 951S in a customer's garage on jackstands with minimal tools, drilling out EVERY fastener.


Then you can join me in the man club........

PorscheDoc

How about you go to do a clutch job in an 86 951. Broken stud on the down pipe. Can't get a drill in there, so you have to pull the turbo as well to drill it out on the bench. Do the clutch, and the pilot bearing has seized, eating the end off the torque tube as well, so you get to swap torque tubes as well.

Turbo R&R, TT R&R Clutch R&R, all done in 11 hours on a saturday

V2Rocket

Try drilling out the bolts on a 951S clutch with no tools other than a single drillbit -- WITHOUT A DRILL, while simultaneously having sex with 3 amazingly hot supermodels and fighting off an angry mob of ninja-trained Yakuza with a jammed AK-47 airsoft gun.

sharky47

Chuck Norris changes clutches by squeezing his but-cheeks together and glaring at the car........

NeoRules

You had a drill bit?
Lucky bastar$....

Mamooguy

Try that, plus it's the middle of an ice age, with saber-toothed tigers and cavemen trying to tear hunks of flesh off the supermodels and a bipolar Borg queen who alternates between joining in the fun, suggesting Borg enhancements to the clutch and trying to assimilate you.

Go through that and then you can call yourself a man.

TD in DC

Fishey

I did mine last time in 4 hours...

I have done it a few times to many though and airtools are key to quick times!