PorKen

Has anyone ever made rigs to: lower the drivetrain/raise the body, to remove the drivetrain as a unit, similar to how it was put in?



I have a lot of work to do this summer, on both ends, so would it be worth it for me to weld up something to do it this way?

jpitman2

Dont know about that, it looks a bit bigger than a tranny jack.
I once saw a movie about gangsters - David caruso, Nick Cage? There was a scene at a car stripping yard of a Rolls on a hoist, and guys working on it. As they stepped back, somebody yelled, and the whole chassis assembly fell out of the body and bounced on the ground as a complete unit. looked pretty good.
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Jim bailey - 928 International

we always take the cars apart by dropping the entire driveline . A normal two post asymetrical lift raises the body . Four jack stands support the driveline we have done HUNDREDS that way !!!

BC

I wonder when that pic was taken. These cars WERE hand built, for all intents and purposes.

PorKen

My thought was to weld up a square-tubed claw similar to the pic above to go over the car, with 4 RV stabilizers (or the like), to lift the body, and roll it off the drivetrain.

Jim - how do you unbolt the drivetrain while it is on the lift?

Brendan - I scanned the pic from an '81 dealer brochure. Look in the background at the see-thru 928 poster and waiting engines.

steaditim

Is there a thread on doing this ?

search turned up empty

karl ruiter

Always did my 914s that way, but never a 928. Yet.

Ad0911

Not handbuilt as imagination will tell us. Have you seen the 1977 Zuffenhausen pictures ? The picture shown as definately genuine Porsche 928 manufacturing in Zuffenhausen

Mongo

Yeah that will not fit in my garage.

Rodrv6

When it comes time to go through my 88 S4, I'll probably do this. I do have a two post, asymmetric, lift in my shop. I dropped the entire driveline out of my 87 Corvette using this method, with a transmission jack under the rear end and a hydraulic table supporting the engine/front crossmember. Made for an easy engine/driveline drop!

Rob Edwards

That's about what we did for Kibort's driveline transplant during the Holbert car autopsy at Sharktoberfest 2009: