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mike_the_man
post May 9 2005, 11:38 AM
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Hi all,

I was attempting to do a home alignment on my 914 this weekend (what a pain in the arse!). When I got to the rear to adjust the toe, I crawled under to loosen the 3 bolts holding the trailing arm on.

Two of the bolts were a standard 15mm, but one was what looks to be a 12 point Torx type thingy. Is this correct? Does anybody know what size 12point bit I need? Should it even be there? Or am I looking at the wrong bolts altogether (I'm pretty sure I'm not)? I have the 12 point CV tool, but I think this one is bigger. So, whats the dealio?
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post May 9 2005, 05:00 PM
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QUOTE (mike_the_man @ May 9 2005, 04:40 PM)
I've decided I'm not going to bother trying to align myself, but I'd like to make sure all of the bolts can loosen to make it easier for the shop.  I've got it booked for Thursday, so hopefully I'll be able to figure out how to get the 12 points out and replace them with 15mm bolts.

Are you taking it to a Porsche shop? Run of the mill alignment shops won't have a clue what to do with your car.

You may need to furnish your own camber plates for even a P-shop.

Myself, I'd let the shop worry about removing the torx bolts. You could furnish your own replacement bolts. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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mike_the_man   Rear alignment adjustments?   May 9 2005, 11:38 AM
mike_the_man   Somebody, anybody???   May 9 2005, 04:13 PM
brant   The only ones I've seen were all standard metr...   May 9 2005, 04:16 PM
black73   Mine has three 15mm bolts.   May 9 2005, 04:17 PM
mike_the_man   Damn. Thats kinda what I expected. I'll have...   May 9 2005, 04:32 PM
Joseph Mills   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h...   May 9 2005, 04:35 PM
TimT   Align the rear of the car first. If using strings,...   May 9 2005, 04:40 PM
mike_the_man   Thanks everybody. It's actually pretty clean ...   May 9 2005, 04:40 PM
scott thacher   vise grips and heat   May 9 2005, 04:43 PM
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