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Broken rubber piece of the retainer bolt for airbox
hi I finally removed the nut on top of the broken rubber cushion piece of the airbox retainer bolt. It looks like the rubber piece and bolt are mated with the intake manifold metal casting at factory. I'm thinking to drill a hole through the metal casting and secure the airbox and the intake metal with a new bolt. Any thoughts or other ideas on this approach? I'm temporarily using a plastic black tie to limit the vibration of the airbox.
Broken rubber piece of airbox retainer screw.
This is a picture from the web of my broken rubber piece and bolt
Last edited by Porsche930; 10-16-2016 at 05:46 PM.
Nah - it's just stuck. Corroded - like so much alloy/steel sandwiches. Mole grips etc to remove then buy a new one and copper grease it on assembly. They're pretty cheap in UK.
Nah - it's just stuck. Corroded - like so much alloy/steel sandwiches. Mole grips etc to remove then buy a new one and copper grease it on assembly. They're pretty cheap in UK.
Z
thank you Z for your quick advice. Okay I will try to yank out the remaining broken piece with a mole grip and see what's next.
Funny when I look on Pelican using those part numbers, the rubber bit is hexagonal in their photos, which is not correct. It should have the same round cross section....
Does it really matter if its round or hex. I bought spare ones from a local auto parts store, they are of cause not Porsche parts, but they do the job and are probably a quarter of the price.
Do keep rotating the stump as you extract or you may damage the thread in the intake beyond simple repair. I found on those mounting the oil tank that this isn't always easy. Step 1, the remaining rubber shears off. Step 2, you do creative things with mole grips to get enough of an edge to get the stump turning. Step 3, swear then go back to Step 2.
They do come out in the end...
Do keep rotating the stump as you extract or you may damage the thread in the intake beyond simple repair. I found on those mounting the oil tank that this isn't always easy. Step 1, the remaining rubber shears off. Step 2, you do creative things with mole grips to get enough of an edge to get the stump turning. Step 3, swear then go back to Step 2.
They do come out in the end...
Z
sounds like a great step by step instruction...thanks again Z!
The Porsche ones are made from Bavarian unicorn horseshoe. Only female albino unicorn meets the stringent, race proven quality standards, so don't be surprised if your car spontaneously crashes if you have used a lesser part.
I swear I just replaced these a few months ago, with the round part, from one of our favorite vendors, and it was only a few dollars, not the $20-ish pricing I see as list price....
10-16-2016, 05:24 PM
Broken rubber piece of the retainer bolt for airbox
