Bill Ball

Actually, I meant next next week (week after this coming). I'm tied up this week. Carry on.

Andre Hedrick

Carry on, I am on day two of antibiotics and don't want to share. I was thinking of being your camera man and step and fetch, but I am not well enough yet

Mako 928

Yuck, cooties.
I do use rubber gloves when I work but, we wont go there.

Mako 928

O.K. so it is out
Thank you all for responding. Robs detailed explanation along with Dan and Luc's directive really made this go smoothly.

I was stressing about the pinion shaft and the correct order of removal so as not to have a whole other project to do ( trans re-build)

The original front bearing is 9" from the end and the rear bearing is 11 1/2" from the end so not to bad but when I spun the shaft by hand I could hear some bad grinding.
When I pulled back the foam insulation covering the big plastic rod bushing, the bushing looked almost new and still had clean grease on the shaft. One less item to repair.

Now to get the Super Bearings in and reverse the order of TT removal to TT install and finally go drive. Two months without a 928 is way to long especially when we have been having record dry weather.

Stromius

Would be great to add any pics during the process. Way to go!

Bill Ball

Since the carriers appear to be in the original location, they may not want to move easily. Dan Brindle used a HF ram to push them out.

http://www.kondratyev.com/porsche/te...orque_tube.htm

Mako 928

Stefan:
I got too caught up in the removal and did not take any pics.

I did use two floor jacks. On the front jack I used a 4X4X2 post zipped tied to the torque tube and placed the floor jack directly underneath it.On the rear floor jack I placed it directly under the trans.
When it was time to move the torque tube straight back to clear the front bellhousing I placed a large flat tip screwdriver in between the front bellhousing and the torque tube and pried them apart. It took no effort to do this as the entire torque tube/trans. on floor jacks moved back as I did this.
Everything else went as described in the previous posts.

The torque tube is not as heavy as I thought it would be.

Bill:
This is what I am also thinking. I will see tomorrow.

dprantl

Don't forget to clean the evaporator box drain, you won't get any better access to it than you have now.

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

Mako 928

Dan:
Ah, so that's what that is. Thanks for the heads up, will do.

Black Sea RD

Hi Greg,

Been lurking since I couldn't really add anything to your thread from the great responses to your questions.

I did want to point out though that the 928 TT body is not really that heavy at all. It is the internals that make it heavy. The 928 TT body is made of a thinner gauge steel than the 944 TT body which is much heavier.

Which also means the 928 TT can get dented more easily so be careful when muscling it around during the rebuild.

Good luck with the rest of it!

Now back to lurk mode...

Mako 928

Hey Constantine,

I am probably more guilty of the "lurking" mode more than others as I am always learning more than I can usually contribute.
I guess I call it the "lurk and learn" syndrome.

Excellent information on the TT body. After being so careful to not damage the pinion shaft it would be awful to dent the tube itself and not be able to insert the bearings.

Again, the Super Bearings are an amazing product and we are very fortunate to have you making your products for our cars

supercedar

I am also lurking, I have my Constantines installed on my TT but unable to reassemble the TT as I am waiting to find a good trans bowden cable. I do enjoy going out to the garage and spinning my shaft though. It is real nice My carriers came out easy as I thought they would. The front bearing was back in over 24" and the rear one was at 3". The choice on the bearings and clamp was indeed the correct one. The service I received was above and beyond anyone could expect. Thank you again Constantine for your personnel attention to my needs.
Thomas

Black Sea RD

Hi Greg and Thomas,

Thank for the very kind words on our products!

Now let's get these projects done!

Have fun,

Mako 928

O.K. lets!!

I got the original bearings out along with the vibration dampener. Fortunately they all came out with out to much difficulty.
Two of the bearings were rough when spun in my hand and the other was shot. There was a flat spot on the out side of the vibration dampener almost like a dent. I am glad to get rid of it with the new Super Bearings.

Did some clean up on the inside of the TT and I will install the new bearings tomorrow.

depami

Pervert!