New Donuts, Steering Coupler Replacement Options

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Some time ago, I was trading posts regarding front suspension on another 914 site, when a well known ex-admin mentioned that he had removed the rubber donut and replaced it with a solid unit.

I had already replaced my tie-rods with turbo tie-rods, and upgraded my front bushings with Poly-Bronze bushings. So what was left but to remove the squishy rubber steering coupler?

So a fellow 914er from San Diego by the name of Mark Garriott created some stering coupler replacements.

The original steering coupler (Donut) is shown as item number 22 in the following diagram:


This is the solid aluminum donut that is the replacement for the rubber cuopler. It was black anodized.



I plan to install it in my DD in about two weeks, and I will follow up with how I feel it affects the feel of my steering.

Pretty sweet, eh? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boldblue.gif)