mikey_audiogeek

Likewise with the factory (and 911, VW et al) design. The spring plate is designed to flex laterally, hence its shape. Possibly even why they called it a spring plate. Anyone designing a replacement linkage needs to take this into account - the lateral flexure stresses are significant, and the section thickness needs to be minimised. Either that or articulation at both ends.

Here's a balljoint that will fit inside a factory springplate, with a little work: http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...28all%29%20%20

Cheers,
Mike

Skip Wolfe

I have it now. The threaded toe adjuster was siezed and snapped off so I have to have it machined out and replaced before getting it on the car.

gt37vgt

yeh i bet it would be hard to replicate that quality
how much do they cost any how ??
how far back is the outer pivot moved ??
why did you not return it ..

mikeyoman

There is still an extra piece of the aluminium casting at the end of the carrier that bolts to the body to give some extra support in that area. The original curved piece only fits into a rubber mount so isn't really supporting much just limiting twist on the torsion tube.
Also there is no provision for the handbrake cable assy with the Kokeln item.
I made up a support from 1" angle and riveted it to the underside of the carrier, did it twice before I got the correct placing !

Mike

hot-J

Maybe I'll just go with the elephant polybronze after all......

gt37vgt

If the kolken set up doesn't move outer pivot back ... as it looks it doesn't ... i feel they realy missed the piont .. and yeh the elephant bronze bush looks a better option

TonyG

Not really... you can't compare a simple bushing solution with a better bushing solution, a weight solution, a roll-center solution, and an alignment solution.

Big difference.

And by the way, the person that designed this has built the two fastest track 944's ever built. Orca and Shamoo


TonyG

TonyG

Was it installed on Chris's car when you bought it? (were you the one that bought that car from Chris?)

TonyG

Skip Wolfe

I was a step removed - I bought the car from the guy (DMoffitt) who bought the car from Chris. I bought it as a bare tub and without the Kokeln unit installed. I recently bought the Kokeln unit that was originally on the car from MPD47 who had bought it from the DMoffitt.

gt37vgt

So it does address the geometry issues then Nice