Just got the spoiler bearing housing apart and found it looking like this. Using the steps from pcarworkshop, going pretty much as advertised. Got a couple of bearings off of amazon for about 10 bucks.

What a great place!

I'm looking forward to a little less complaining from the back!!

 

Yep - that's exactly how mine looked when I took it apart three weeks ago. Very easy fix, and it was super quiet afterwards

 

It sure beats replacing a $400+ part!

 

I guess I need to do mine, I've had a new bearing sitting here for about 2 years now. How hard is it to split the case?

 

not hard at all - follow the P-Car DIY, just use a sharp blade to cut through the midline of the case. Watch your fingers...

 

Like DK said, it was pretty easy, as long as you take your time and be careful. I found it helpful to put it in a vise to hold it while I cut small sections of it going around. I used standard Stanley box cutter blades. It seemed that the bevel on the blade was just about the right depth to cut (the diy says 2 mm) so that is a handy guide. Just work it carefully, and when you think you have it cut all the way around, use a putty knife or similar and pop it open at the round part, using the flat edge as kind of a hinge. After you pop part of it open, you may encounter parts that you did not cut through enough. These are easily cut, similar to filleting a fish, prying apart the pieces gently while cutting the sticking parts.

 

Yikes... I wonder how mine is. Great..another thing to check.

 

Seriously ****-poor design - non-sealed bearing in an area prone to water....

I did mine many years ago - it's been quiet since.


Andreas

 

Rob- Now that you have perfected doing the job on your car how about I trade you some beer for the same work on my car...

 

Nathan, you've seen my garage. Beer is one thing that is not is short supply there, but I'd be happy to help with that. ( I probably wouldn't turn down a beer either! ) I probably should talk to Kevin too (who bought the other 993).

By the way, when I ordered the bearing, I got a couple of extras (I think shipping was more expensive than the bearing!)

 

I found that the clamshell would pop open after a few months...so I epoxied it not only along the seam, but around the outside seam, enclosing it in a U-shaped epoxy clamp. That was a couple of years ago. No problems since. Looks messy but does the job.

 

Well, got it cleaned up, replaced the bearing, greased it back up, glued it together (including the glue on the outside, thanks for the tip np993) and put it back in. Smooth and quiet now. Overall, this was pretty easy and gives quick, gratifying results. I would recommend doing this for anyone who has thought about it but was a little hesitant.

I disconnected power to the spoiler motor and zip tied the spoiler down so I could still drive the car and take my time with the recondition and that seemed to work well. You don't have to, because this went fairly quickly, but it was more convenient for me to do it this way, and I just put up with the spoiler and warning lights coming on when I went over 50mph for a couple of days.

Here's a picture when I had it together before I greased it and closed it up. That's the old bearing next to it. The new one was a sealed bearing. Big difference!

 

Is there a bearing size or a way to order one ahead of time?
Rich

 

I did mine this morning. I caught it before any damage to the bearing, but it was getting dry.
Randy

 

The bearing is a # 625 ..... get a DD or RS ( sealed bearing) vs the open OE one.

Also, water seal the cable to case juncture .... comments here ....