Charley B

So, am I correct in assuming it would be foolish to attempt a trip of 1,000 miles if there is a hum coming from the TT bearings or the TCF Bearings? Maybe even a little vibration.

Tony

Not saying you should go out and drive a 1000 miles but...I drove my old S4 for a LONG time with bad TT bearings. I had to wait until we got a house before i tackled the DYI job. In my case it was just NOISY..no vibration.

Joe '87 S4

Same here. Drove mine for a few months before getting it fixed.

Mark Anderson

To date we have never seen a catostrophic bearing failure of either.

H2

There's no danger of damaging the alumimum block?

H2

IcemanG17

Charley
Debating the sharktoberfest trip???? If the vibration isn't that bad.......I would try it! Hope to see ya there!

Jim bailey - 928 International

The noise starts out as a hum, goes to a whine, eventually sounds like a garbage disposal eating lemons had one old car come in that was rattling and banging like crazy but that did not damage anything else BUT always always change the convertor bearings when changing the noisy torque tube....ALWAYS ! and for those years 86-87 or so where the convertor drive plate is RIVETED to the hub drill out the rivets and bolt it as recommended by Porsche. Should be no problem driving a 1,000 miles or so it may make more noise but never seen any damage.

Bill Ball

Just say you only get half way...you're certainly going to the right place for a quick TT job!

Mark Anderson

We did one last year.

Charley B

Thanks guys.
Brian - I'll be there even if I have to drive a civilian car.
Bill - I guess as long as I can get within 100 miles, AAA can take care of the rest.

IcemanG17

Charley
Great......see ya there......I'll be in the area late tomorrow.....gotta spend most of Friday morning cleaning & picking up some parts for Gerry!

Charley B

Damn!! I guess this means I shouldn't do my Bill Ball burn out at Sharktoberfest with my new "Dribble water in front of the rear tires" system.