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May 4, 2015 | 11:44 PM

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elite1

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I still stand by for Vid997 to win his war. He has seen it all.

May 4, 2015 | 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pureporsche

Thanks Faisal

Oh man. I'm running Bilsteins B16's...
I have already replaced both of them under warranty (both left and right failed due to electrical issues) a year apart, with last one replaced about two years ago.

I swear, if these crap-stein-bilsteins are the cause again I'll loose my mind!

How did you verify that they were the issue, other than guessing and sending the shocks to be repaired?
Anything I can look at /do to be absolutely sure that they are the cause?

Thanks again!
Mike

Assuming the damaged used diff is not bad, perhaps your cheapest route at the moment is to borrow someone's factory struts, install them, and see. If you have your originals, great. If not, shipping and labor would be your cost for this route.

If this is an acceptable route, I am sure someone has one laying around in the garage. If I had some, I would.

Last edited by cab83_750; May 5, 2015 at 12:05 AM.

Aug 7, 2023 | 08:32 PM

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Is there anyway to get that video to play with clanking noise? I have my 08 997.1 Turbo
in the shop and there is a rotational clanking noise at low speeds. Worried it’s my front differential. The video says private anyway to share it?

much appreciated.

Sep 15, 2023 | 10:16 PM

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Savage997 is infamous around these parts

I too have a noise in front right for a long time that is driving me crazy, I’ve replaced sway endlinks with tarret, I’ve replaced those with the extended tarrett ones for the b16’s, I have done lower control arms this week and sway bar bushings and although noise always seems to get better with every part I replace it always seems to come back after driving for a little while, my next thing to do is swap the camber plates for oem hats and swap b16s from left to right, if noise goes away it was the top hats, if the noise travels to the driver side I know it’s the strut, if the noise is still on passenger side then it might be diff