Landseer

Those are the prices for somebody in business.

dcrasta

Yikes!
truelyl 10 hours for a torque tube? wow. I guess I have been 'educated.' Glad I have more guts that $$..

Landseer

Depends on resources. But that is a significant job.

dcrasta

U can't Scare me

dprantl

On a 5-speed if you are just swapping it out, it is quite easy. If you have the right length extension, you don't even need to remove the clutch. But in an auto where you have to remove the transmission and rear suspension, 10 hours and $800 doesn't sound bad.

Dan
'91 928GT S/C 475hp/460lb.ft

dcrasta

Hmm, so I found a thread on the list that seems to indicate you can actually slide the trans back far enough to get the entire thing out without removing the trans or rear suspension. Stop scaring me guys Conflicting information is confusing

dprantl

I have never heard of this. I have heard of people cutting a slot in the bottom of the bellhousing wide enough for the shaft to drop through to be able to drop the TT with transmission in place. Some say it doesn't affect structural stability, others say it does. YMMV.

Dan
'91 928GT S/C 475hp/460lb.ft

AO

You have to loosen the trans and maybe suspend it in order to get enough play, but the trans does not have to coume out. Rear suspension should be able to stay in place. I would think you could have the TT out in about 2 or 3 hours with a friend helping while working on your back.

Landseer

I drop the crossmember, then remove TT and trans as a unit. And replace the same way. Am slow and methodical on separation step, also on refitting. I use a rolling shop stool with adjustable height to support the front of the TT.

Its a whole lot easier to remove & retorque the 4 bell housing / TT bolts than to remove / refit the 6 that connect the TT to the TC housing.

Be sure to pin the rear pinch clamp, though, before beginning to reinstall.

86'928S MeteorGrey

Didn't Bill exchange an auto TT without transmission removal by removing the top engine bellhousing and working it around? I've seen the post, and even thought about doing it that way, but I chose to do it the standard, slow way and take it all apart and then have to clean and replace everything before reassembly... It can be done, but it's not as easy as it sounds I believe.

Landseer

Then a couple weeks ago he was revisiting that experience with somebody else here. There seemed to be an issue. It was a good discussion, but I can't seem to re-locate it.

blown 87

Heaven forbid a mechanic make a living. I do not blame him a bit for not wanting to put parts on that he has no knowledge of, his rep is on the line.

In twenty years I have yet to have a customer supplied part fail, it is always "Them guys down at Greg's put it in wrong" and that is just one of the reasons that I almost never use a supplied part.

M. Requin

Ain't it the truth. Very closely related to X$ shop rate, 2X$ if you watch, 3X$ if you help. You could maybe add, "your parts used for 2X the standard parts price + no guarantee". Actually I wouldn't even do this.

Cosmo Kramer

To be fair, that mechanic probably didn't know very much about 928's. Would you install parts supplied by our Rennlist venders?

Ethre

To be honest I don't see how that relates to the part being customer supplied. If they are going to blame a failure on the installation, why would they only do so when they supply the part? Why would they be less likely to make that accusation when the part was supplied by the shop?
(Shop supplied parts do fail too)

My disclaimer - I have had very few issues with installed parts of any origin, only with failed installations.
ex: thrust washer on backwards destroying AC pulley.