DIY Front & Rear Suspension Overhaul - Youtube video series

[jlex]

Good job. I really like the sound of that exhaust...

[frosty2]

Hi Benny I did my Idle jet cleansing today and just want to say thanks, it’s like driving’s a different car the annoying popping is now non existent.
Can’t say thanks enough Benny keep up the good work. Like I always said if it were not
Like guys like you I could not own one of the cars...
Thanks
Mike

[Kraftwerk]

Did you lube the torsion bars before installing them? Mine still had the factory grease all over them (....it was pretty clean too, I should've saved it!)
Will you make a video of re-bushing the banana arms? I would like to watch that video. I am doing that job now. It's a bit of a "task"

Thanks for posting this and the other video's , I will watch them all with pleasure.
Your car looks amazing.

[75 911s]

Congrats on the new addition!

You need to protect yourself to take care of that kid! Get your seatbelt fixed before you drive it again. #1 priority. :-) I saw in the last video there's a massive tear in the drivers. It looks completely shot aside from that. seatbelt planet worked for me.

Since your front end is lowered I saw you had the US donut spacer on the top of your strut before you installed it. You can remove that to raise the strut 10mm and save a little weight.

[Ayles]

What model ratchet is that? Looks amazing.

[obscene]

Originally Posted by jlex

Good job. I really like the sound of that exhaust...

Thanks! It's a dansk 2 in 2 out

Originally Posted by frosty2

Hi Benny I did my Idle jet cleansing today and just want to say thanks

Thanks! Yeah it's easy to get overwhelmed by all the pieces but is just a 10 minute job if you're only cleaning the jets

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Did you lube the torsion bars before installing them? Mine still had the factory grease all over them (....it was pretty clean too, I should've saved it!)
Will you make a video of re-bushing the banana arms? I would like to watch that video. I am doing that job now. It's a bit of a "task"

Thanks! Yes, mine we a little grimey so I wiped and applied fresh grease. I'll probably hold off on the trailing arm bushing until I have a day with access to a lift.

Originally Posted by 75 911s

Congrats on the new addition!

You need to protect yourself to take care of that kid! Get your seatbelt fixed before you drive it again. #1 priority. :-) I saw in the last video there's a massive tear in the drivers. It looks completely shot aside from that. seatbelt planet worked for me.

Since your front end is lowered I saw you had the US donut spacer on the top of your strut before you installed it. You can remove that to raise the strut 10mm and save a little weight.

Thanks! Those seatbelts are just what I've been looking for. Are you saying I don't need that donut piece?

Originally Posted by Ayles

What model ratchet is that? Looks amazing.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Fastening/Ratchets/2558-20

[chrisbalich]

Originally Posted by obscene

...Are you saying I don't need that donut piece?

AFAIK, that is literally just a spacer to raise the car w/o changing any TB settings.
Bin it and embrace the low life.

[rennch]

Hey Benny, just subbed to the channel! I'm building a 69s (kind of) on my YouTube channel if anyone wants to check it out! http://rennch.com/youtube

[obscene]

Hey Michael! Thanks for reaching out! I'm looking forward to following your blasphemy build.

[sugarwood]

Benny,
I am watching your rear spring plate video. Why did you replace your spring plates? Are the bushings really that hard to remove? Is this common? Did you buy the Rennline pair for $250?

[sugarwood]

What is the official angle from factory?
What was the angle you ended up using?
Why did this require so much trial and error?
Do the OEM spring plates have that adjustment feature you did with the special wrench?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-WxcfIT-I&t=2s

Just watched it the other day! Didn’t think i’d run into a post about it here lol. Great video.

[obscene]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Benny,
I am watching your rear spring plate video. Why did you replace your spring plates? Are the bushings really that hard to remove? Is this common? Did you buy the Rennline pair for $250?

More tedious than difficult. I bought the rennline pair because the price was reasonable enough, and my original ones were pretty gross.

[obscene]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

What is the official angle from factory?
What was the angle you ended up using?
Why did this require so much trial and error?
Do the OEM spring plates have that adjustment feature you did with the special wrench?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-WxcfIT-I&t=2s

1. don't recall
2. also don't recall
3. because I didn't level the car or get the answers to #1 or #2 ahead of time
4. yes

[Kraftwerk]

It's a good question what the factory angle once was, but also, by now, I would guess each car is a bit different in that regard. Seems like a perfect question for Grady Clay. Sigh.

[sugarwood]

I'm shocked that the factory angle is not published 50,000 all over 2 decades of this forum. Is that because you can't measure the angle before disassembly?

[J-Gel]

Awesome videos and resources in this thread! Definitely subscribed / will be following closely, just beginning to get my 1983 911SC Targa drivable after a near 2 decade hibernation

[obscene]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

I'm shocked that the factory angle is not published 50,000 all over 2 decades of this forum. Is that because you can't measure the angle before disassembly?

It's here somewhere. I've seen it. Plus there's angle calculators somewhere too so you can dial in for specific heights.

[David Inc.]

Hey these videos are a ton of fun, great job man. I admit it's a bit schadenfreude-y to enjoy someone else running into the awful problems I dealt with on the suspension, but I'm not going to feel bad about it.

Here's that calculator as well, a godsend when I swapped out my torsion bars as they were the perfect height first shot. https://www.elephantracing.com/tech-topics/spring-plate-angle-calculator/

[myamoto1]

Let me start out by saying I love the vids. Great home mechanic approach to working on a car. Agree with others about giving people confidence to do this on their own.

I'll be honest and say I haven't read everyone's responses, so I apologize if this was already stated:

Originally Posted by obscene

Enter my good friend, the angle grinder, again. I made two cuts in the ball joint nuts - enough that I could then drive a screwdriver through. Once I relieved the pressure, the nuts finally broke free and the ball joints slipped out.

I found that if you leave the a-arm on the car and use a jack to force your tool to stay in place with the weight of the car, you can much more easily break the nut. Then just do the same thing for tightening the nut, after replacing the ball joint.

EDIT: Oops, I just saw your video where you used the weight of the car install method. That was the only way I was able to get the ball joint out (w/o cutting) and achieve the torque required when putting it back in.