Cheers Wally

I had a Saab 9-5 Aero that I stuck a LSD into but never did the wheel test to see what way they went. Going to see for the fun of it where the serial number is located on the manual trans and see if that tells me if there's an LSD fitted by default, would be just nice to know.

Thanks for your help
Michael

 

Hi Folks,

Managed to get under the car this evening and track down the trans axle serial number which goes as follows

G28/03 119 2006

That should give us some indication as to what sort of diff is fitted.

Regards
Michael

 

Michael,

As I am aware LSD was a user defined option and will show on the options sticker in the rear hatch area if by any chance it is still there and visible. Short of that the build can be identified from the VIN and if you publish that some of our fellow listers have the means to interrogate the data base that contains such detail. Alternatively if you pop into your local Porsche dealers with proof of ownership they should be wiling to identify such for you. Alternatively I may also be able to help in that regard but it may take longer to contact my sources.

Whereas Porsche should be able to identify from the gearbox number how it was configured when supplied, I am not so convinced that the number itself will tell you such but doubtless some of our fellow listers will know that for sure. Maybe there is an extra digit/code somewhere on the diff housing to differentiate between an open diff and LSD.

Rgds

Fred

 

Hi Fred,

I've just been trawling over the vin decoder threads for the older models it seems it's a little more unclear and only seems to tell what number in that model year it was produced but I maybe wrong.

So to recap and add the vin number

Gear box - G28/03 119 2006
VIN - 9289101856

Cheers
Michael

 

I had knocking on one of the 911s. Kept driving around Spa until the drive shaft cage let go of the bearings. If I had known the knocking indicated drive shaft failure I would have swapped it out and saved a track day. Paul Anderson will have a spare to swap over but I
suspect this could be the problem.

 

Someone on the list may well be able to decode your VIN build. If all else fails I may be able to help out next week sometime.

Rgds

Fred

 

Well folks,

My friend and my dad landed down to the house at the weekend and we took some time on Saturday to get the transaxle out of the car. Lots of oil leaks on the old transmission which will be good to get sorted on the refurb the picture is after it had a quick run with the power washer.

Found a few more jobs to do during the work, as we started stripping down rear end shall try to get to them over the next week or so.

The gearbox is now on a pallet waiting to head over to Paul Anderson.



Any tips for the re-assembly would be appreciated

Cheers
Michael

 

Finally got a chance to go at the re-assembly and a few other bits, with the help of a friend... cv joint was indeed gone the shaft itself had rusted and weeped into the boot with rust and water getting into the boot running down the shaft, the grease had tried out and resembled more than a grinding paste than anything. So that was indeed the source of the knocking sound.

Gearbox had the usual wear and tear along with some failed oil seals which didn't do anything for its ability to hold oil, it's since been refurbished and is back in the car.

So jobs done this weekend.

1. Torque tube refurbished with Super bearings and re-fitted.
2. Gearbox back in
3. Drive shafts all disassembled and inspected

Just waiting on a few more bits from the dealer and next week hope to be close to getting her running again.

Cheers
Michael