Axle question

[Matt Fredrikson]

Excellent that's exactly what I got I'm gonna crawl under it this week and have a closer look!

[Matt Fredrikson]

So my shocks are clean and dry, haven't had a chance to get it up in the air will do that tommorrow. What should I look at? That other thread about the track arm replacement has me thinking maybe I need to look there? Thoughts?

[Matt Fredrikson]

did more research on the lower track arm bushing failure, sounds like that is exactly what's going on from everything I've read. Going out to my shop tommorrow to jack it up and get in there and confirm. My question on this is, even if one side is in need of replacement should I do them both? Wheel alingment right away?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Matt Fredrikson

did more research on the lower track arm bushing failure, sounds like that is exactly what's going on from everything I've read. Going out to my shop tommorrow to jack it up and get in there and confirm. My question on this is, even if one side is in need of replacement should I do them both? Wheel alingment right away?

I would not replace other side unless it has unacceptable wear but alignment should be checked unless you are willing to risk uneven Tire wear, depending on how much tread remains on the tires.

[amondc]

If one side is worn then the other is not far behind. They both have the same miles etc. Plus you are going to have to do the alignment anyways so you might as well just replace both of them at the same time.

Just my $.02 worth.

[Matt Fredrikson]

So I got under there today and both track arm bushings on the controll arm look like my old motor mount. I deffinatly want to get on this asap but just as I was about to order new urethane ones from Powerflexusa I found that they are on back order. Pelican has them for $232 each and I'm about to call the dealer and hear what they have to say. Any other suggestions on a urethane bushing I could just press in?

[gschotland]

You can get remanufactured ones with polyurethane bushings from Vertex:

http://www.****************************************.com/ShowItem/140883%20Porsche%20Rebuilt%20Lower%20Control%20Arm .aspx

I've got 6k miles on a pair of their rear trailing arms w/poly bushings. So far so good. Cured the terrible rattles in the rear.

Now I've got rattles up front. First I'm going to replace the swaybar drop links, a notorious source of rattles, with these:

http://www.tarett.com/items/boxster~cayman-products/996-986-front-drop-link-set-996fdlnk-detail.htm

If that doesn't do it I'll likely be getting some remanufactured control arms myself.

Let us know how you make out.