Carl Fausett

This new product only came out this fall, so my 928 has very little drive-time with this part in it (I am in the Winter climates). Others who have installed it in other parts of the globe without snow say they like it a lot and they have several months on it.

The wear is nominal. Our shifter ball cup is greased when you put it on, plus it has a yellow-chromate finish on it that is very tough. Finally, the amount of movement this part sees is almost nothing, it gently tips from side to side. I am sure there will be no appreciable wear.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Plus IF it were to wear you can probably just tighten it up some It is adjustable !

Mrmerlin

once this part is on you can forget its there, it will last the life of the car, it is well made and its adjustable, and add some grease your good to go. I have already installed one of the first of these couplers and it works like a charm

leperboy

To confirm, Stan installed it on my car while the TT was out. The all-metal shifter cup has worked flawlessly. The only maintenance I can imagine would be regreasing it somewhere far down the road, but the piece is never going to wear out given the miniscule movement, the hardened metal and the little stresses put on it.

Matt

Marine Blue

Order Placed Today, thank you for the feedback everyone!

Now I need to make sure I install it without screwing up anything else.

Marine Blue

Carl's ball cup arrived the other day and I have to say it looks impressive. I hope to have it installed this weekend so long as my jack arrives in time. I'll post results and update.

I even picked up a propane heater for the garage too, don't want shaky hands when doing this.

Stromius

Afshin - Pics too please! Are you going to remove the exhaust or try to work around it?

Marine Blue

I'll take pics as I go.

The plan is to keep the exhaust in place, remove the heat sheild bolts and slide it back as others have suggested. Hopefully this will provide enough room to get in there.

The good news is that Carl's ball cup doesn't need to be press fit, it just needs to be tightened on by the looks of it.

I'm not sure this will get done this weekend, my jack hasn't arrived nor has the heater. If I get them by tomorrow I'll work on it on Sunday.

Carl Fausett

Its the pressing down HARD on the stock ball cup that was among the hardest parts of the old install.
No you drop it in place over the top of the ball, and tighten the adjustment nut. Still a pain in limited space, but easier than it used to be.

I also have encountered a gray-market car whose body was so close to the top of the shifter ball cup that the old cup could not be slid off of the ball post as there was not enough room. I only have met one 928 that posed thisproblem.

Shane

I got half way through the install on one of my 5sps, couldn't get it to thread into place, just wasn't enough room to really get enough of a grip to turn it.

I'll have to wait and do it with the motor mount install when I can lower the engine and tube to get some more clearance.

Imo000

Do you think maybe the MMs and the trans mounts were new?

Carl Fausett

No, this car has been this way both before-and-after motor mounts have been replaced.
This only happened on a gray-market 78 Euro that I have.
Have not had that occur on any other MY. Just a curiosity.

AOW162435

Carl,
This is a great idea, and as Garth mentioned, seems very applicable to the 993 crowd as well. I've already replaced my forward pivot piece but intend to purchase one of your ball cups in the near future. It would be nice to find a complete solution for the rod in question, as it does snap into place upside down (on the 993) and has a permanently-attached ball cup on the shifter end.

Andreas

Carl Fausett

I will be delighted if its fits another application besides the 928. I had to commision a lot of them to get the price down where I thought it should be!

Rehan

There's no way that you get a wrench in there, I dropped the TT at the front which gives you some more room, that is the only way to tight it and adjust it. Even after doing that I had to cut a 17mm wrench to be able to get a grip around the nut.