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Pope said:
When I saw the pic of the driveshaft hanging down I immediately thought 'When you remove thedriveshaft from the bearing/hub do not leave the weight of the car down on the wheel - without the driveshaft through the bearing holding it all together when you remove the shaft, the bearing will fall apart......'
Then I saw the later pic with the wheel off......phew...
Brave approach to the repair; good luck with the rest of it
The car has been sat on its wheels now for about 3 weeks with no driveshaft in situ. Will this have trashed the bearing?Then I saw the later pic with the wheel off......phew...
Brave approach to the repair; good luck with the rest of it
Interesting read and thanks for posting.
I've just finished reading and I felt like replying on there because of the clown who suggested wiggling the wheel.
WTF
Clearly he has never experienced a quick rotation without warning at speed. Sounds like the OP made the point for me so I dont need to bother. My car just rotated and it took less than a second. Then I immediately got grip again but it was not pointing forward. I still think I did well but whatever.
The only lesson here has nothing to do with steering wheel inputs. If its raining and there is a chance of standing water then you have to drive a lot slower in one of these cars than everyone else.
Tyre choice is next on the list of lessons learned and the tread depth of said tyres. I'm thinking of choosing slimmer tyres or just using winters a lot more of the year.
I've started using slimmer tyres on all my cars. The 996 uses 205 fronts and still has more grip than my brain, my skill, my needs and my balls.
I've just finished reading and I felt like replying on there because of the clown who suggested wiggling the wheel.
WTF
Clearly he has never experienced a quick rotation without warning at speed. Sounds like the OP made the point for me so I dont need to bother. My car just rotated and it took less than a second. Then I immediately got grip again but it was not pointing forward. I still think I did well but whatever.
The only lesson here has nothing to do with steering wheel inputs. If its raining and there is a chance of standing water then you have to drive a lot slower in one of these cars than everyone else.
Tyre choice is next on the list of lessons learned and the tread depth of said tyres. I'm thinking of choosing slimmer tyres or just using winters a lot more of the year.
I've started using slimmer tyres on all my cars. The 996 uses 205 fronts and still has more grip than my brain, my skill, my needs and my balls.
I can appreciate the humour here. But I am annoyed yes. All this time pushing it around when I need to move it and then I finally ask a Porsche garage to fix the car. They agree to go collect it, do some work and assess what bodywork might cost. They send someone to collect it. I tell him not to drive the car. He tells me he wont. Then he does and hits the house. I cant think of any other word but incompetent. The first thing that needed to happen is get the car onto the truck and before he could even do that he has smashed it into the house. And my dad didn't tell me till he had left with the car. And ... well now I am ranting.
GGGGGRRRRRrrrrrrr
GGGGGRRRRRrrrrrrr
I told the Porsche garage the car had no brakes and therefore I had not tried to drive it as that is a stupid idea with no brakes and the electronic handbrake can not be relied upon as they will not engage when the car is moving.
I then explained this all again to the truck driver over the phone before he smashed it into the house.
I dont know what else I could of done to prevent this.
I then explained this all again to the truck driver over the phone before he smashed it into the house.
I dont know what else I could of done to prevent this.
My dad is over 70 and he was helping this guy push the car around so he could get it lined up for the trailer after he had smashed it into the garage wall. This took 2 hours. If I knew either of those facts earlier I would have put a stop to it. The guy didn't even call the garage to say I have just smashed the car into the garage wall or something along those lines.
Imagine everything that could have been done before, during or after to make the situation better - well the opposite was done.
Imagine everything that could have been done before, during or after to make the situation better - well the opposite was done.
Good news
Front bumper impact is just a bit cosmetic but they are going to replace the bumper for me.
Car is not bent. Garage fixed brakes with temporary pipe to check it all works. Went on alignment machine and once corner I'd replaced was adjusted up everything else was green and nothing else needed adjusting. My guy there used the words bang on. He said to me car is driving and working fine.
Next is for the brake pipe to be replaced with correct Porsche part and then some checks for MOT type stuff. Then they will quote me for bodywork and go from there.
I am quite pleased. At least they had some good news for me when we spoke. They have been getting on with it but just not good at getting back to me.
I am quite excited.
Front bumper impact is just a bit cosmetic but they are going to replace the bumper for me.
Car is not bent. Garage fixed brakes with temporary pipe to check it all works. Went on alignment machine and once corner I'd replaced was adjusted up everything else was green and nothing else needed adjusting. My guy there used the words bang on. He said to me car is driving and working fine.
Next is for the brake pipe to be replaced with correct Porsche part and then some checks for MOT type stuff. Then they will quote me for bodywork and go from there.
I am quite pleased. At least they had some good news for me when we spoke. They have been getting on with it but just not good at getting back to me.
I am quite excited.
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