ryangambrill

I have been experiencing the creaking sound when the car is warm and turning the wheel.

Took the car to the local P Dealer to have a tech take a quick look. Took no more than 2 min and he told me I need an upper strut bearing. He stated that it is not that common and the creaking sound is the plastic rubbing together.

I searched the forum but did not find anything in the 996 forum.

Has anyone had this issue? Cost?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Ryan

Dharn55

I just completed the install of PSS10's on my car, which is a C4 so a little different, but I can shed some light in this for you. When the spring compresses, or you turn the steering wheel the spring twists a bit relative to the top strut mount. Porsche puts a bearing between the plates on the top of the spring and the strut mounting plate to allow for this movement. In the case of a 2WD the part number is 996.343.515.05 (this is the latest part number) and the bearing lists for $38.81, available at Porscheoemparts.com for $23.41 (also check Sunset and Suncoast but they don't have an on-line price look up).

Here is a link to a DIY for the ROW M030 install that will give you the basics on taking out the top of the strut.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index...nsion-install/

Then you would just replace the bearing. In the case of my C4 I was able to clean and re-grease the bearing, but the C2 is a different so I don't know if you will be able to clean it. Not too hard of a DIY, a couple of hours each side if you have the tools. A good tech should be able to do each side in an hour or so, but they will charge you whatever the shop book says.

Let me know if I can be of more help.

Harmony Jim

Thanks for the info, mine has been making the same noise and I didn't have a clue what it was. Thanks Dharn55.

ryangambrill

Thank you very much. I have a call into the local P-Car dealers for a quote as well as my indy shop.

ryangambrill

Local indy shop quoted $400+ in labor to do the job. Seems a bit high. Waiting for PDealers quote.

Dharn55

If the price includes checking/resetting the alignment that is not a bad price. If it is just to do the bearng they are using book time, a good tech could do it quicker, heck I can do it quicker than that. However, that assumes no problems. With book time if there are problems you usually only get charged for the book time.

ryangambrill

Car is fixed. Pick it up Friday morning.

Will let you know how it is.

Lerxst

This sounds like my problem...

1) Is there any chance that I have to replace the entire mount ($225), rather than just the bearing?

2) Should I do both sides while I'm at it for 'symmetry', or does it not matter?

Thanks!

ryangambrill

I did not have to replace the entire mount. Just the bearing on one side was bad. But, I did both sides just to make sure.

I could not believe how much better the car drove after the repair. Definitely felt more tight.