Tom M'Guinn

So, I am going to install a newly rebuilt tranny finally, and am contemplating pulling the TT to rebuild. I've reviewed Clark's Garage on pulling the torque tube. Seems easy enough to drop the suspension as a unit (enough to remove TT anyway).

How hard is it to bolt the suspension back in place?

Did you have to break open the brake lines to lower it enough?

Any tips?

FRporscheman

Clarks garage write up worked for me, and it wasn't that hard to bolt the suspension up again. However I definitely did have to disconnect the brake lines. I didn't see any way to possibly get enough room without doing that.

JohnKoaWood

I got the TT out of my 88 without opening the lines... just support the suspension pull the hardware pull the TT... it can be done...

V2Rocket

+1

Van

Leave your control arms hanging by the shocks - just remove the torsion bar carrier.

Tom M'Guinn

I was thinking of exactly that, since I'm changing the shocks anyway. I trust to still remove all the hardware shown on clarks but instead of coming straight down, you just let it rotate so the torsion bar carrier lowers? Does that give you enough room?

Van

Probably easiest if you take the torsion bar carrier off... You'll have to unbolt the control arms from the torsion bar carrier - and remove the 3 bolts from the spring plate.

If you look down to post #14: https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...with-pics.html - you'll see my control arms hanging while I changed all of the bushings.

FRporscheman

Maybe a 968 is different. I was trying what everyone else said, but I ended up stretching my brake lines and by the time I noticed, they were getting tugged on pretty hard and I just replaced them to be safe. YMMV.

Tom M'Guinn

Well, I got it out without disconnecting the brake lines. But I agree the brake lines have to be pulled pretty tight -- so I'll probably go ahead and replace them. For the archives, I pulled the structural support brace (carrier) at the rear of the tunnel (i.e., the one held in place with the four M10 bolts right above the torsion bar tube. I also pulled the aluminum shield in the tunnel, along with the black cross-brace toward the rear of the tunnel. In the end, I had to pry the square flange on the end past some of the alumimum skin in the tunnel, but was i got past the narrow spot, the tt finally slid out. It's definitely a wrestling match!

mtnman82

Are you going to install Constantine's bearings ?

Tom M'Guinn

That is my first choice, but don't want to keep the car on jack-stands waiting for them. I may just go with the standard rebuild for now. As soon as Constantine's bearings become available, I'll give 'em a try though.