Notes on Alignments

I've read elsewhere that some installs require shims and some don't. I can't explain it. Make sure youre suspention has settled before you try to allign it.The car will not allign or keep an alignementif the suspention has not dropped. This is different than most any other car including other porsches.

87 Shark;506 wrote: Make sure youre suspention has settled before you try to allign it.The car will not allign or keep an alignementif the suspention has not dropped. This is different than most any other car including other porsches.

Absolutely! For those of you who may be following along and had not ever heard of this FACT before, be advised. The front end bushings in ALL of these cars assume a "set" position once the car is lifted. It takes as much as a couple hundred miles of driving for the suspension to return to its normal settings. For this reason, it is often very hard to find shops who are willing to align the car because this pretty much eliminates the "shake down" process where the quality of the suspension parts are inspected prior to checking the adjustments. The 928's suspension must stay compressed during the initial inspection.

KilnRed;528 wrote: Absolutely! For those of you who may be following along and had not ever heard of this FACT before, be advised. The front end bushings in ALL of these cars assume a "set" position once the car is lifted. It takes as much as a couple hundred miles of driving for the suspension to return to its normal settings. For this reason, it is often very hard to find shops who are willing to align the car because this pretty much eliminates the "shake down" process where the quality of the suspension parts are inspected prior to checking the adjustments. The 928's suspension must stay compressed during the initial inspection.

I have heard the same.
If I get a chance, I am going to see if I can devise a process for setting up my own alignment with out having to buy a lot of expensive equipment.
Maybe this winter I will get a chance to work it out.
If I forget, remind me.

There is a write-up for do it yourself alignment, using some reasonable tools. It was on the list of tools for the 928 OC to have, so it could be used at events put on by members. I could dig around for the information, if that would help.

Here is a great link to follow for many useful DIY tips on doing the 928 alignment.

members.rennlist.com/captearlg/928align.html

admin;530 wrote: There is a write-up for do it yourself alignment, using some reasonable tools. It was on the list of tools for the 928 OC to have, so it could be used at events put on by members. I could dig around for the information, if that would help.

That would be great if it is different from the link Austin posted

Thanks Austin, great link, I can't wait to go through the procedure.