O/T Porsche 993 Rear Alignment Tools ?

[Joespeeder v2.0]

Hi All,

 

Anyone have any experience aligning the rear of a 993 ? I have never seen the special tools needed and a google search dosen't turn anything up ohter than a brief discription of them. Here's what I've found.

 

Aligning a 993 should not be done without Porsche's special tools (9549 an 9550) for measuring and setting kinematic toe on the rear axle. It is very possible to set the rear camber and toe with resultant "quirky" handling since the multi-link rear suspension is designed to change toe when cornering, it is essential to use these tools. They they are essentially curved bubble gauges that clip onto the wishbone and toe control arm and ascertain that they are parallel to each other. It is imperative that they read within 1.5 scale units of each other.

 

Thanks in advance for any guideance or help you can give with a source for thes tools.

 

 

 

Joe

TheCaterhamProject.com - Build site with photos here

 

Edited by - Joespeeder on 13 Apr 2006 14:23:18

[Sheds Moderator]

*confused*Dunno. Good luck. I bet SnapOn will relieve you of $$$loads for this, as will Porker. Hire from a specialist? It doesn't sound like you are going to use them every week after all.

[Frying Pan]

Joe

 

You may find some info here, but you will need to buy a subscription...

 

Guy

 

See some pictures of the build here. 9000 miles completed!

[Joespeeder v2.0]

Sigh.....

 

This is going downhil fast. I was going to buy the tool as a gift but I'm starting to think it's going to be too costly and/or hard to find.

 

Thanks

 

Edited by - JoeSpeeder on 13 Apr 2006 19:51:19