Bilal928S4

Does anybody rebuilds these? How much are new Porsche new ones?
Bilal

ammonman

928 Intl has rebuilt units with new rubber cast in place for $295 IIRC. New units from Porsche are hideously expensive at $1500 or so.

Lizard928

You need a different LCA for sure.....

both those bushings are COOKED.

Bill Ball

Yes, it may not be the source of your "clunk" but that LCA is junk. I installed some 928 Intl rebuilt ones a few months ago on another 928. My lord, the fresh, uncompressed rear bushing is huge and requires a lot of coaxing (floor jack underneath) to get into the mount enough to allow the lower bracket and bolts to go on.

Bilal928S4

Do you need to replace both sides or can this be done on one side only?
Bilal

Bill Ball

I can't imagine the other side is that much better.

ammonman

Finally getting a chance to update this saga. I took the car back to the local Sears place and walked the tech through the alignment process. He was thinking there were stops on the camber and caster adjusters. Once we loosened the caster adjusters he was able to get the camber adjusters to turn around where they need to be. My front alignment is now in perfect spec. I still need to change the rear upper arm bushings to bring the rear camber in to spec but a little excess camber is not bad. Thanks to everyone here for the suggestions and feedback. I've got a few more issues to address before getting the new LCA's for the front. I just keep chipping away at it and the list gets smaller each month.

Mike

Ispeed

Holy crap, don't get an alignment from them again. Look up Earl Gillstrom's site, I have been doing mine myself since I got a bad one from a 928 friendly shop in CT in '04. My front tires last a long time now.

ammonman

I thought about that, but then again I don't want to have to train someone new at another shop all over again. I use the same tech every time and the local Sears has been very accommodating. Not to mention they have the latest Hunter alignment rack. They let me go out in the bay and answer questions, explain the little details like the centering plug in the rack, etc. Plus my garage floor is not level enough to do alignments on.

Mike

Andre Hedrick

Take the car to a body shop and check the frame for up to a 1" bow up from a bounce. Everything you are saying happened to me, and I found out my car had taken a perfect bounce and bent the front clip up 1" wrt normal height and angle. It was only $400 to bring it back straight, but the rest of the bind was the column and the knuckle had to be replaced. I had already replace NOS the upper A-arms, rack, tie-rod ends, springs, and shocks/struts.

Cheers,
Andre