My steering wheel started moving from side to side and upand down when I turned the wheel sharply. I had images of it coming off in my hands, Three Stooges-style. I searched rennlist and it sure sounded like my steering bearing and when I looked, it was. I ordered the parts from 928 Int'l and changed it out. Here's the procedure, with thanks to previous listers:

1. Disconnect battery ground strap
2. Pull horn pad (just put back sharply with both hands)
3. Pull steering wheel (27mm nut, brace wheel w/hands not steering lock)
4. Remove lower pod trim (black plastic, 2 screws; colored lower combo swith trim, 2 10mm bolts and on screw)
5. Loosen pod (2 long allen head bolts, unscrew about 1/2" so pod can be moved back and up a little.
6. Remove combo switch (turn signal, washer/wiper) by loosening 8mm clamp bolt and pulling back and off; pull 3 electrical connectors)
7. Remove circlip by levering it in the center of the "C" with a small screwdriver
8. Pull split bushing off steering shaft.
9. Remove steering bearing ( I used an old chisel and hammer to get under the bearing's lip and start to break the outer race. This is light weight stamping and once you start to break it up it will come out. My inner race was gone, a nylon bearing carrier was broken and half my outer race was broken away in front.
10. Insert new bearing ( tap in with 27mm deep socket or similar and keep flat of bearing race pointed up)
11. Replace split bearing (It will go on the steering shaft but will cover the circlip groove by about 3mm.
12. Replace circlip (I pulled the steering shaft toward me against spring force by putting a 21mm or so box wrench over shaft and replacing 27mm steering nut. I now had a handle to pull on the shaft, push on the split bushing and start to position the circlip in its groove. Once started, I used a vice-grips to squeeze it into final position. It's a little juggling but I got it done alone on the second or third try.
13. Reassembly is in fact pretty much reverse. You might want to grease your horn contact ring and the turn sign cancelling stub)

My car is an 84 US with NO AIR BAGS. Other years will be different, but some of the steps will remain.
I hope this helps someone with the same problem.

 

Thanks for the info seems like everything that i touch needs rework on this 84 Euro

 

Hi! Thx for your info! I have 2 problems though.

1. One of the small bearing ***** was lost when i pulled out the old bearing!
I guess its down there somewhere. Since it's so small is it a big deal? Or can I just ignore it?
I can't find it.

2. The support ring that is placed between the bearing and steering rod. I cant push it in!
Can it be so stupid that my "wheel lock" is stopping the support ring to glide into the steering tube?

 

Tried again to insert the support ring. No luck!
How far down is it supposed to go? Is it only supposed to rest a few mm
against the bearing?

My steering rod seems to have sunken
in a few cm indicated by the red arrow on the picture.

I cant reach to install the c-ring. Its still a few mm to go to be able
to install the c-ring even if i pull the rod with full force backwards. =(

 

Both of my cars need this bearing replaced...

 

Yeah, this is the cheap and "simple" fix to get rid of a steering wheel moving around! =)
Sadly not going to smooth for me.

 

Pictures of my mess!

 

I was scared of this job at the start as well. turned out to be real easy and the new bearing fixed everything! solid as a rock now.
mk

 

So any tips on what im doing wrong? Is the support metal tube thing supposed to slide in and between the bearing and rod
or just stay on the top of the bearing?

 

You are almost done. The split ring does not go in any further, until you pull on the steering shaft. Grasp that large nut with a locking pliers and pull toward rear of car. Now you can slide the split bushing down a little bit and insert the locking circlip. The steering shaft is spring loaded, probably to preload the bearing and remove play.

 

It just stays on top of the bearing. Now pull on the shaft and insert circlip.

 

Thanks!! That was just the information I needed! Not even Porsche could answer this simple
question! =)

 

Yeah,

Just as Dave said. It may be a 2 person job. When I did the new bearing, I pulled on the big shaft Nut (toward me as hard as I could) while my wife pushed the c-clip on. I'm sure there is some kind of fancy Porsche Tool to do this, but I found this meathod to pretty easy.

 

Yea, I think i need another man for this job. Pretty tricky to pull as hard as you can and at the same time try to fit the c-ring! =) Thank God I did not break the bearing when i tried to smash the support ring with a rubber hammer into the tube! =P

 

Got my brother to help me today. He pulled the rod with full force
backwards and I pushed on the c-ring. Oh yes! The steering is firm
and feels like new! A big thx to the thread starter who gave me
the final hints to complete this!