A Guide To A Rwd Conversion For The 996 Turbo
#48
12-18-2007, 05:52 PM
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No,EVOMS did it but it is not rocket science......especially if you have seen it done before.
#50
12-18-2007, 06:34 PM
Damn man 
There will be better day's?? 
good luck to both of you, ive been out of it and missed the prob's if you guy's ever posted any!
There will be better day's?? good luck to both of you, ive been out of it and missed the prob's if you guy's ever posted any!
#51
12-18-2007, 06:42 PM
Hi Martin,
Really NO PROBLEMS! We just have had to wait patiently for things to come together
, slowly but surely 
....My engine is 90% assembled 
...See you soon...By the way Kevin is harmless 
. I dont get intimidated easily 
#52
12-18-2007, 09:11 PM
That's right, Tom is my brother....Just pay for your hot chocolate and nobody gets hurt
#54
12-19-2007, 04:02 AM
It actually leaves two wheel marks.. But going around the turn, or trying to kick the back end out, it would if your car has power, but not like an E46 M3/GT2/GT3/Carrera or any car with an LSD where you would need to correct, it just did it and snapped back hard to explain. It definitely needs an LSD!
Still would like more tecnical info on the current setup if somebody has a link.
Thanks
#55
12-19-2007, 12:26 PM
The turbo does not have an LSD from the factory, now with the 997TT it IS an option! By going RWD, I would highly recommend getting one if you wanted to utilize the car's full potential!
#58
03-20-2008, 04:51 PM
I wasn't aware of this, as the DIY really makes no mention of removing the nut, and having to have the tools to retorque the nut back to such a high value. I sure hope I can figure this out, so I can make it to the Car Show. Doh!
#59
03-20-2008, 06:11 PM
You can remove the center cap of the wheel, put wheel back on and let car back down, then have someone hold the brakes and with a large breaker bar reef on that baby, (try not to get a hernia) just break it loose, off with the wheel, and proceed. Then when you get the inner cv loose, put nut back on losely and tap on it with a brass hammer to break loose the splines, they can be very tight or very loose, then off with the nut and the whole mess slides out.
When going back together use a large 1/2 (or 3/4) torque wrench. 340 is a ***** without a proper wrench BTW.
When going back together use a large 1/2 (or 3/4) torque wrench. 340 is a ***** without a proper wrench BTW.
#60
03-20-2008, 07:35 PM
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No need to remove the hub nut the axles can be removed from the hub by breaking the cv joint(break the races on the bearing)and the axle wil come right out of the hub.Wear eye protection!The axles are junk anyway unless you are completely converting the front end (carriers) to rwd.