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In my 996 the front caliper began to stick at about 100,000 miles. No fluid leak or signs of seal wear, just a single (only the outer on one caliper) burned up pad. Rebuliding the monoblock calipers is not hard, and thus far has solved the problem. The kits cost $50 per caliper. It's a dirty job, but definitely doable.
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Anyone know a good source to get simple magnetic door numbers for use in driver's ed?
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front wheel bearing replacement
rjf123 replied to rjf123's topic in 996 Series (Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera 4S, Targa)
Briefly, 1) Take off the wheel 2) Take off the Brake caliper and rotor, disconnect the ABS sensor 3) Disconnect the sway bar 4) Using the correct tool, pop the two ball joints, one for steering arm, one for the control arm 5) Lift the wheel carrier off of the ball joints, you will have to compress the spring/strut to do this 6) Either slide the wheel carrier off of the strut or undo the 3 nuts holding the top of the strut to the body and take the wheel carrier/strut assembly off of the car ed Thanks Ed, Tell me this. I have a press we were going to use to push the bearing in and out. The shop manual show a "tool" which looks to be only a series of appropriate sized pipes. Is it critical to use this tool or can I use sockets and such to subsititute? If it is critical, is this tool available? The B90 bearing puller sold by Sirtools, I'm told, will not work on the front bearings. Ross -
I need to replace the front wheel bearings on my 99 996. I have the shop manual, and I understand how to press them out, but what is unclear in the manual are the steps necessary to remove the wheel carrier. Can you shed some light on this, or point me to a good reference?