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'66 steering damper - keep it or toss it?
After 42 years, is the rusty little steering damper doing anything useful or can I take it off?
Why don't later years have the damper?
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Rich '66 911 #303872 '07 Cayman '17 Macan '58 Land Rover S2 88" |
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04-28-2008, 05:38 PM
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Bump...
Anybody? This thing is seriously in the way of routing the brake lines and reservior hoses for the new dual circuit master cylinder kit.
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04-29-2008, 08:42 AM
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I would take it off and see how it feels. Porsche put iron weights on early cars so it might just be a "safety" thing to decrease oversteer. My 1971 911S does not have one and it feels great.
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04-29-2008, 09:02 AM
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FWIW, I am keeping mine. I think they were only used on the early cars, so I am sure you can dump it. That's what Bernie said, at least...
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04-29-2008, 09:49 AM
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They were a kick back of the old 356,VW days to try to eliminate steering vibrations.Do you need it probably not but what the hell they put it on there for a reason. Yours is probably worn out but they are available new and are also relatively inexpensive too.
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04-29-2008, 10:12 AM
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1966 Porsche 911
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