Porshe 911 (997). Manual - part 528

61 43 19 Removing and installing tension cable - as
of MY 2005

- Preliminary work
- Removing tension cable
- Installing tension cable
- Subsequent work

Preliminary work

Preliminary work

Remove convertible top covering. → 612819 Removing and installing convertible top covering - chapter on
"Removing"

Removing tension cable

Removing tension cable

The following spare parts and tools are required for repairing the tension cable:

Tension cable

A

Tension cable

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B

Eye

Removing tension cable

1. Disengage tension cable at the shaped sheetmetal

part.

1.1. Cut open plastic sleeve -1- with a pair of

scissors.

1.2. Disengage tension cable -2- from tension spring -3- at the shaped sheetmetal part.

1.3. Pull tension cable -2- out of the spring

-4-

 .

Installing tension cable

Installing tension cable

Diagnostic system: reading out fault memory and activating systems

Removing tension cable

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Fitting tension cable

1. Fit tension cable to the shaped sheetmetal

part.

1.1. Pull tension cable -2- into the spring

-4-

 .

1.2. Push shrink-fit hose -1- over the tension cable -2- .

1.3. Engage tension cable -2- in tension spring -3- at the shaped sheetmetal part.

1.4. Pull the shrink-fit hose -1- over the tension spring. Shrink the shrink-fit hose to the diameter of the

tension spring by heating it with a hot-air gun.

Fitting tension cable

2. Place eye on the tension cable and measure the total

length.

2.1. Push the eye fully onto the end of the tension cable.

2.2. Measure total length of tension cable from centre of eye to centre of eye with a tape measure -dimension

X = 845 mm-

 .

Diagnostic system: reading out fault memory and activating systems

Installing tension cable

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Pressing tension cable

3. Press tension cable and the eye together.

ATTENTION

Damage to eye

Compress the eye with the hydraulic stamp press so that the eye is only pressed in 1/4 of the
diameter.

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If pressed together too strongly, the eye will crack.

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→

3.1. Using a commercially available hydraulic stamp press, press the eye -1- together with the tension

cable -2- .

Subsequent work

Subsequent work

Install convertible-top covering. → 612819 Removing and installing convertible-top covering - chapter on
"Installing"

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WARNUNG

Gefahr des Verlusts der Text-Bild-Zuordnung beim Ausdruck.

Aus technischen Gründen kann derzeit nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass trotz
einwandfreier Darstellung auf dem Bildschirm beim Ausdruck der

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Diagnostic system: reading out fault memory and activating systems

 Subsequent work

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