Marlon

Hey folks - due to a wiggly steering wheel and slight occasional wandering and shimmy under braking, I think it's time to overhaul the front end while I install Bilst. HD's on my 106K mile 95 993. I installed the rack brace this weekend and it made a difference, but pretty much feels sloppy still. I am running the Porsche 'twist' 18" rims w/P-0's and they are virtually new. Here's my partial list:

Lower A arms
All ball joints
tie rods & ends
Sway bar bushings
ROW "standard" springs - a very strong MAYBE since the SUV ride height is ok with me, I will likely leave them in place.

All new hardware for all items changed

Pads & rotors look fine


What else? I want to do all this in one swell foop before alignment

Not really interested in RS stuff since I want to keep it 'stock'

pcar964

Why don't you just have your mechanic diagnose the problem and replace what needs to be replaced? I don't see the logic in spending all the $$ to replace parts that might be fine.

Mark in Baltimore

+1

Paddy

bent wheels, through a wheel weight, or crappy tires.

TomF

+1 on having the mechanic (or fellow Rlister) check it out. A complete front overhaul will be pricey...and possibly not needed.

If you replace the tie-rods, there is a complete assy that you can order and save a lot of $$ over the ends and rods separately. The PN is in the computer, but the parts guy will have to dig for it.

chris walrod

If your going to do this much work, include wheel bearings and tie-rod 'inners' to your list as well as either new lower control arms or replace the rubber a-arm bushings with aftermarket Urethane. I feel your largest gains will be with the lower control arm bushings.

chet

I'm trying to sort out some handling issues as well. I read in another thread about checking for cracks in the bushings by using a pry bar or screwdriver as a lever. I didn't really see any cracks when I tried to check mine, but there was a little bit of play. How do you know when there is too much play?
Also, on those tie-rod inners, can you use RS tie-rods on a regular (non-RS) 993?

AOW162435

Marlon,
You are more than welcome to give my 45,000-mile steed a whirl in order to guage the differences. I find that mine feels a bit goofy when first driving it due to tire flat-spotting. All seems well after 15 minutes or so.

My vote would be for the rubber-filled inner tie-rods.

Andreas

Marlon

Andreas - Sounds like a great idea! I am leaning towrds complete stock setup with exception of shocks. I would like to try yours and vice versa to establish a known baseline. Ihave an appointment with the local Porsche dealer Monday to look it over and give their assessment. Regarding the ressponse on a 'bent wheel' - my shimmy comes and goes. I had a bent rear wheel on one of my 911 SC's a few yrs agao, and you could darn well tell there was a problem. Not so much around town, but at highway speeds!

Caveman

A good front end overhaul could also include a turbo nose! ;-)

Cheers,

David

Marlon

ya- ah kil-lin' me...