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rennsport996001

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  1. Greetings all, I've had the EXACT problem with front end noise that meets these conditions: 1 - Car MUST be driven for more than 45 min to one hour in HOT weather (does not happen in cold weather). It ONLY occurs when the car is hot. 2 - Noise is very noticeable and audible at low speeds on uneven roads, not apparent on highway, and there is no suspension or steering issues - everything seems normal. The noise is related to up/down travel on the front end only (not related to steering, cornering or anything else). It can be felt in the steering wheel and feels exactly like some suspension part is loose. I had the condition for several years on my 1999 996 c2 with only ~30K miles. It ruined the entire driving experience so I could not ignore it any longer. Brought it to the dealer who checked it out thoroughly, couldn't find anything wrong and suggested replacing the struts (cost = $1400+). Then took it to two Indy's, who also could not find anything wrong and wanted to replace struts also. So I did extensive research and concluded it was the Driver's Side Inner Tie Rod. So eventually I took it to an Indy and asked him to replace the Inner Tie Rod and boot. He did the job and said I was nuts because the the tie rod that came out looked fine. But this did solve the problem. I strongly suspect that the passenger side will fail also. The key issue here is that mechanics cannot properly diagnose this problem because it is so unique to this car. The entire front end of water cooled Porsche's get very hot Certainly other things can fail in the front end and make noises but the telltale for this problem is that it only happens when the car is driven for a while and gets hot. The Inner tie rod part costs about $50 bucks and it's easy to replace (but you have to do an alignment). I hope this helps and saves a lot of grief.
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