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Originally Posted by PaulE
Is this DIY from StevedOx for the same thing? Trailing arms, track arms, not lower control arms, I'm all confused! |
It is the same thing, although on looking back at it, it is more of a "follow my journey as I try two or three approaches and document them all, and finally settling on a right approach
" It really isn't too bad of a job. Back the car up on some ramps, get under there, and remove 2 bolts and get that arm out and the new one in. Torquing up to the 118 ft/lbs was tough as it is kind of awkward under there. You can also jack up the rear and put on some jack stands, and then use the jack the raise and lower the suspension to get things to line up.
I found a new website the other day, a 996 Register, and it has an embedded video showing one technique on how to check the arms. The person in the video hits them with a rubber mallet, and the bad one makes a metallic pinging noise, while the good one does not. Here is the page with the video:
MAINTENANCE - Porsche 996
Note that I haven't tried this and I didn't try it on my DIY.