Grease those bars!!!

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:53 pm

I thought my broken bar was 36 years old, how wrong could I be!!!

Make that 9 years!

Genuine Porsche torsion bar and snapped clean off. Not a trace of grease on it though and plenty of rust at the exposed end. A clear demonstration of why you are supposed to cover them in grease...

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:14 pm

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:45 pm

hot66 wrote:

Indeed

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:45 pm

Ditto: just can't believe your bad luck again Gary.

Still, if it comes in three's, you should be safe for a while now ....

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:38 am

indeed...

The little foam seals at the ends of the bars seem to have done a fine job of holding some water in place. The may have kept the inside of the wishbones clean and dry, but they seem to be the cause of the rust.

The other bar has the same rust on it and has thinned down by a good couple of millimeters, so will be due to crack any time soon!

I will put new foam seals on with some new bars, but it seems that you just rely totally on grease to stop the rust...

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:06 am

Good advice indeed.

Perhaps after a few weeks, we'll drop this thread into the 911 Technical area?

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:10 pm

When I swapped the 914 front arms + struts for 911 I thought the foam seals were pretty lame so I put these rubber gaiters on. I Must go back in and grease them thouroughly though. I might swap back to the foam because once any water is in the rubber won't allow it to evaporate.
If anyone drove through a ford (as if) I bet the A arms completley flood

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:40 am

Those rubber seals look much better than the foam, where did you get them?

I think I'll give my new bars several coats of paint as well, particularly around the area where this seal will rub.

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:33 am

I'll mail some to you Gary if I can still source them (actually a lifting sucker from a MAN Roland 800 printing press)

Gary71 · Post by **Gary71** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:17 am

Thanks