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12-20-2008, 09:38 AM
Update 2+ years later...
Back in 2006 at 75K miles shortly after posting, discovered my front torsion bar rubber bushings had sagged to the point where torsion bars were rubbing.
Doing a bounce test on the car to check the shocks indicated they were OK. Upon removal found that they were shot.
It would have been nice to replace one thing at a time, but the budget didn't allow a corner balance and an alignment after each iteration.
Replaced torsion bars, bushings, shocks, struts, ball joints, trailing arm bushings and a few other things "while you're in there". Car was lowered to Euro ride height, corner balanced, and aligned.
Handling is much improved. Now we just to have to work on the giant nut behind the wheel.
Back in 2006 at 75K miles shortly after posting, discovered my front torsion bar rubber bushings had sagged to the point where torsion bars were rubbing.
Doing a bounce test on the car to check the shocks indicated they were OK. Upon removal found that they were shot.
It would have been nice to replace one thing at a time, but the budget didn't allow a corner balance and an alignment after each iteration.
Replaced torsion bars, bushings, shocks, struts, ball joints, trailing arm bushings and a few other things "while you're in there". Car was lowered to Euro ride height, corner balanced, and aligned.
Handling is much improved. Now we just to have to work on the giant nut behind the wheel.
'87 911 Coupe