JoeTaylor

Thanks Constantine,

The guys a Omega Motorsports finished installing your rebuilt torque tube and super clamp today. The 928 is so smooth on acceleration, no vibration at all. Also, in stop and go traffic, there is no lugging... which I guess was the worn torque tube bearings as well.

I like the three bearing setup... plus, getting rid of the damper its all great. Porsche should have built the torque tube this way from the beginning.

Kendall, the mechanic who installed the torque tube/super clamp on my car was most impressed by the super clamp. In his words, "it's built" and huge. Also, he liked how easy it was to bolt up and install.

The core is shipping back to you tomorrow, packed up in your shipping materials.

Thanks again, I know you worked hard over the weekend to have the torque tube ready to ship on Monday, so I own you a beer/wine/drink, pick your poison. You really came through and I am grateful.

Very Truly Yours,
Joe Taylor

blown 87

It is not pretty good stuff, it is really great stuff, all you have to do is look at it and you can see the quality.

Black Sea RD

Hi Joe,

Wow, that was a quick install! Really glad you like the way your 928 drives now. Should be good for many years to come.

And thank you very much for the public kudos! Usually we don't hear anything back and we always take it as a "no news is good news" type of affair.

Also great to hear that Omega Motorsports liked the hardware!

Hope to meet up with you in the future and continue our conversations about things Porsche.

Kind regards,

Black Sea RD

Hi Greg,

Always appreciate your positive comments about our products!

Coming from professionals it reallys means a lot.

Cheers!

blown 87

I installed them in my 5 speed conversion and they are the only ones I am going to use.

pcar928fan

Looking forward to a Super Clamp soon for my S4!!! Get that bad boy back on the road! It is SUCH an AWESOME CAR!

928mac

WHAAA! you don't have your S4 running and you are looking at a 80.

Oh buddy I bet that 88 S4 is as nice as the 92 maybe even the 94

Don't mind me, Just being a jerk ha ha

pcar928fan

Well it does go in reverse and 2nd gear... I recommend that you check and change your trans fluid regularly if you are going to track your car! I didn't even think about it. We put in this magic red line or Royal purple $hit and I went and put 10,000 race track miles on the car and another 20,000 street miles and then thought...lets check/change this... Of course it smelled all burned! That is death for an auto. Shop said, "drive it till it stops shifting...if I change the fluid now it certainly won't shift anymore." DAMN IT! Got two more years out of it but the last six months it has pretty much been sitting. Now I have the 928 Intl trans at my shop and we are ready to change it out!

The car is a nice as the '92, not as nice at the '94.

dr bob

James--

FWIW, I've never believed much in the idea that changing trans fluid will make things worse. ATF is reall cheap in the big picture, and more than a few shifting problems have been remedied with a few fluid changes. Gallons of ATF are available, pump is available, big pan to catch the old stuff is available, filters and sump gaskets are available. For a $hundred you can do it a couple times maybe three, and see what happens. Nothing but the $hundred at risk really.

My too sense...

Chuck Schreiber

Joe,
Were you experiencing vibration before the install? I've got a vibration that starts at about 80mph and gets worse as I go. Working from least invasive, to most, but trying to get a list of possible causes. (Rear tire balance, half shafts, torque tube, etc)
Thx!!

James Bailey

Chuck if it was torque tube related it should happen at different speeds in different gears, same engine RPM.

Chuck Schreiber

Thx Jim,
I'll keep checkin/tracking it down.

SharkSkin

Also TT issues seem to really make themselves known at about 3200 RPM.

Another vote here for Constantine's TT bearings. I'm a guy who always tries to dive into repairs with a "fix it better than it ever was" work ethic and these bearings definitely fit the bill. These are far and away stronger and beefier than stock, and will probably outlast the car(but are designed to be rebuilt easily). Can't be beat IMHO.

JoeTaylor

Hi Chuck,

I had the same problem when I bought my car, vibration at about 85 mph. Above and below that speed it when away.

The source turned out to be the tires, they had flat spotted because the previous owner didnt drive the car much. Tires were brand new, they had only a couple of thousand miles on them over a 4-5 year period.

When I put new tires/wheels on that vibration went away completely.

The torque tube vibration started out very subtle, but occured when the car was accellerating, IE when the torque tube was under load. Over this first year and a half I had the 928, that vibration became worse - I thought it might be a bad motor mount. It became so bad called it the "washer machine" vibration.

Take the load away and the vibration largely went away too.

I hope this helps.

Joe

Speedtoys

Dave:

Did you get a whole TT to swap, or replace what you had on your own?


I'll probly be doing this job after I get a lift installed in the garage, and after MM/OPG are complete late spring.