944S 2.5 16v resto then track project

[Alex]

Well done mate!!!

 

[kurlykris]

Awesome job mate, well done :thumb:

 

[infrasilver]

All good luck really, although some of it bad like the head stud threads stripping and the timing belt being the wrong one, both those cost me about 10 days.

 

[Alex]

I love your 'close to the wire' posts. Nothing better than someone who makes it happen :thumb:

 

[kurlykris]

Will see you guys at Garage no 14 then :grin:

 

[Alex]

:thumbs: Deffo! :thumb:

 

[infrasilver]

As some of you already know, the 944 actually made it to Oulton Park without a hitch, the wheel bearings are next on the list to do as both the nearside ones seem a little worn, they were also an advisory on the MOT test sheet.

There was another 944S parked outside my garage, a very rare thing to see two in the same place with only around 175 left in the UK

 

[MisterCorn]

Well done. It was never really in doubt was it :?:

If the wheel bearings need a press you know where I am.

MC

 

[infrasilver]

Well done. It was never really in doubt was it :?:

If the wheel bearings need a press you know where I am.

MC

:thumb: the fronts are inner and outer and are easy to just drift out but the rear is the cylindrical type I think so may need your services

 

[kas750]

I was very impressed at how well you were circulating yesterday :thumb:

 

[infrasilver]

I was very impressed at how well you were circulating yesterday :thumb:

Cheers mate, I wasn't really in the groove in my first session and then it rained in my second session so I didn't quite get up to speed and with no heat in the tyres it felt slower than usual, it is usually a match for the aircooled 911's but all I did was have my indicator on most of my laps with such a large GT contingency, that is until the heavy rain started I got by a carrera and the Anti Slip sponsored Cup car slipped off the track causing the red flag

 

[infrasilver]

I had ordered new wheel bearings for the next job on my list as the the front and rear nearside ones were advisories on my MOT and I had a slight knock on the nearside rear wheel when cornering (as some of you may remember me mentioning) so it was a job I wanted to get done ASAP.

After Oulton I ordered both these but again from ECP the wrong part arrived for the front, twice, so I had to get the measurements from mine to make sure the correct one was ordered the third time.

The rear bearing is huge and took a little power to undo the nut using a breaker bar and a scaffold tube. This also looked a harder process to remove than the front bearing which are really easy.

I wanted to order a slide hammer to pull the hub off the rear but as this was going to take a few days to arrive I had a think and remembered in my scrap pile that I had an old disc that I ended up putting on backwards and beating the c**p out of with a 4lb lump hammer, some swearing and sweating later and this was off.

The next prospect was the bearing itself, this took some thinking about and I almost pulled the trigger on a bearing puller set from Machine Mart but at £120 I thought I'm sure I can rig something up.

Back in my scrap pile I found an old MIG gas bottle fit perfectly behind the bearing so I cut the end off it and using some old unitsrut brackets I pulled the bearing to the edge of the carrier. I couldn't get it further as the tool itself was in the way.

To get this all the way out it needed something very sturdy and cylindrical for it to be pulled into, again looking at the gas bottle the diameter was too small but I thought if I cut it and weld a piece in it may work and hey presto it pulled out a treat.

That has to be the ugliest tool I have ever constructed but it did the job.

I also had noticed when the coolant is up to temp the old hoses have always bulged and they feel very soft when the engine is cold so I ordered new top hoses which will be fitted before the coolant goes in.

And I also decided to replace the rear drop links I fixed for its MOT with some nice shiny rose jointed items I saw in the correct size but just not advertised as Porsche items so only at £7 each instead of £40 each, bargain.

I have had the new rear bearing in the freezer for a few days (to shrink it) and I will have a go at fitting this tomorrow after heating the bearing carrier a little.

I will use the old bearing to pull the new one back in using the same, but opposite, process as I did to remove it.

 

[pzero]

Chris just pondering, were you a technical advisor, in a former, life to the A Team?

 

[infrasilver]

Chris just pondering, were you a technical advisor, in a former, life to the A Team?

:floor:

Still the same life, you should see the Chieftain tank I made out of old bottle tops.

 

[pzero]

Chris just pondering, were you a technical advisor, in a former, life to the A Team?

:floor:

Still the same life, you should see the Chieftain tank I made out of old bottle tops.

:thumb: joking aside mate, what you're sharing to a wide audience must be inspiring to a great many. :worship: