door check strap and wiper blades.(993)

[granpappy]

hi everyone. my door check strap as come adrift from behind the door post,is this a wing off too repair and @ what cost? also my wiper blades do not sit on the windsreen towards the wing mirror end.is this common,they are bosch blades.993 carrera 2.your help greatly appreciated.thanks

[mollytherocker]

granpappy said:

hi everyone. my door check strap as come adrift from behind the door post,is this a wing off too repair and @ what cost? also my wiper blades do not sit on the windsreen towards the wing mirror end.is this common,they are bosch blades.993 carrera 2.your help greatly appreciated.thanks

The check strap is a bit of a pig of a job. I believe that the usual method is to cut out around the aperture so that you can access the repair and then weld another peice on. Circa £400.

My wiper sits slightly above the screen on the curve to. It doesnt bother me and I cant remember whether you can 'fix' this or not!

MTR

[Pickled Piper]

If you buy the wiper blades from a Porsche dealer you will find they have some extra linkages and wrap around the curvature of the screen a lot better. They are more expensive than the aftermarket Bosch ones.

The door check strap is a know issue. It's not cheap to fix it properly. You either have to remove the wing or I have heard of someone gaining access by cutting a hole in the inner wing from inside the car.

pp

[Wozy68]

I'm pretty sure you do not need to remove the wing. That would be a Massive job. Ive been told to do it correctly is a repair panel cut in and painted which is around 400 - 500 per side.
There is a bodge that will last where they weld the door strap for about 200 quid but you have to be careful with it.
My wipers came from a Porsche Indy and they don't follow the screen either on the drivers side.

[David Hype]

To do the check strap repair properly... its costly.

I had one done and it was kindly contributed to by Porsche GB (50%) as a good will gesture when it failed on my old 993, but that was a long time ago.

[MrCooke]

You can get a check strap repair done without cutting up the a pillar where you weld the bracket top and bottom then grind it smooth and paint it, but I'd only let someone experienced like Clark and Carter do this as it can look bodged. As mentioned above it will also never be as strong as a full repair.

[stewart rix]

MrCooke said:

You can get a check strap repair done without cutting up the a pillar where you weld the bracket top and bottom then grind it smooth and paint it, but I'd only let someone experienced like Clark and Carter do this as it can look bodged. As mentioned above it will also never be as strong as a full repair.

So that saves maybe £200? Why would you even contemplate doing a half-a***d job that's not going to be as strong or original looking. You'll always end up seeing it and wishing you'd not saved the price of 3 tankfulls of fuel.

[thegoose]

stewart rix said:

MrCooke said:

You can get a check strap repair done without cutting up the a pillar where you weld the bracket top and bottom then grind it smooth and paint it, but I'd only let someone experienced like Clark and Carter do this as it can look bodged. As mentioned above it will also never be as strong as a full repair.

So that saves maybe £200? Why would you even contemplate doing a half-a***d job that's not going to be as strong or original looking. You'll always end up seeing it and wishing you'd not saved the price of 3 tankfulls of fuel.

In reality it's maybe a £20-30 job when I've had it done (at most half an hour when the car was in for work anyway) and given that it initially lasted 16 years of much more regular use it doesn't seem unreasonable to try to manage with something not quite as good as original, given the car now gets much lighter use. If it does need doing in another 5-10-15 years time then doing it "properly" isn't any more difficult than it would have been in the first place (but you've had £400+ in your pocket the whole time), and of course that day may never come.

[granpappy]

thanks for info,also been on rennlist forum.had good feedback with different ways to tackle "A" post part of door strap with photos.