[Walt Fricke]

I replaced urethane aftermarket bearings for my 2.7 1977 front lower control arms 20 or so years ago with needle bearings from Shine Racing (which specialized in VW and 914 stuff). They worked great (car was dual purpose track/street at the time, now track only). I am concerned that one or more of these has failed (Shine said they ought to be inspected and greased periodically, which I didn't do), and may be the cause of strange track tire wear. Shine appears no longer to be in business, or at least is not a supplier of these.

They consisted of a radial Torrington needle thrust bearing, and some kind of caged axial bearing. I can't recall if inner, outer, or both sleeves were needed. Does anyone have dimensions (even better, part numbers from some bearing manufacturer) so I could purchase replacements?

If one or more are broken, I suppose I can measure myself, but before the car goes to a shop to figure out the front end issue I'd like to have replacements on hand. The shop isn't going to want the car taking up space while waiting if that can be avoided.

I posted this on the 911 forum, but Google revealed discussion some while back about these bearings on a 914 site. I couldn't figure out how to contact contributors there, so am trying here as well.

Walt Fricke