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andrewvolsen
post Oct 16 2026, 01:32 PM
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I acquired a fairly large haul of 914 parts last night in preparation for my next 914 project car. Today I started sorting through the first truck load of it, and I could use some help identifying a few items.

I believe these are factory front sway bars, correct?


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post Oct 16 2026, 01:34 PM
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I think the top sway bar is a factory rear sway bar, but I'm not sure about the other two. Any suggestions?


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post Oct 16 2026, 01:49 PM
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914 struts with rotors modified for studs in a 5 lug pattern?


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post Oct 16 2026, 01:52 PM
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Early 911 Boge strut housings?


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post Oct 16 2026, 02:00 PM
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Later 911 strut assemblies (SC or Carrera)?


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post Oct 16 2026, 02:20 PM
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Rear trailing arms with 914 hubs drilled for 5 lug bolts. Does anyone recognize what the brake calipers and vented rotors are from?


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post Oct 16 2026, 03:31 PM
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Looks like you have all front factory sway bars (16 mm) . 1 factory rear sway bar ( the one with the ball ends ) , the other 2 are weltmeister rear 914 sway bars.
The front struts you can look up the part #'s and it should say what they go to. The rear 914 parts look like a hybrid of 914 and 911 parts. brakes are 911 but hubs look to be 914 modified to 5 lug but using bolts?
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post Oct 16 2026, 03:39 PM
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The spindles on the front struts are so rusty, they are trash. They have bearing surfaces in them that are ruined by the corrosion. Other than the sway bars and maybe the front 911 hubs, the rest looks to be scrap.
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post Oct 16 2026, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Oct 16 2026, 02:39 PM) *

The spindles on the front struts are so rusty, they are trash. They have bearing surfaces in them that are ruined by the corrosion. Other than the sway bars and maybe the front 911 hubs, the rest looks to be scrap.


I hit them with some scotchbrite and water and they seemed to clean up ok. I don't have any wheel bearings on hand to check if the inner races still fit tightly, though.


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post Oct 16 2026, 08:09 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Oct 16 2026, 02:39 PM) *

The spindles on the front struts are so rusty, they are trash. They have bearing surfaces in them that are ruined by the corrosion. Other than the sway bars and maybe the front 911 hubs, the rest looks to be scrap.


I hit them with some scotchbrite and water and they seemed to clean up ok. I don't have any wheel bearings on hand to check if the inner races still fit tightly, though.

Not ok enough for a bearing surface.
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post Oct 16 2026, 08:34 PM
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post Oct 16 2026, 09:44 PM
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The bearing rollers don't run on that surface, it just carries the inner bearings races
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post Oct 17 2026, 06:07 PM
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In your first picture with the front sway bars. Maybe it’s picture distortion but are the drop links longer on the one on the right? If so the links would be 911. 914 bar should be 15mm. You should see 15 stamped at the end on the square face. I think 911 bars are 16mm.

Your rear trailing arms have been fitted with 911 rear vented rotors. The hubs are therefore 5 lugs which could be different things, drilled 914, 914-6, 911, or other Porsche hubs. The calipers seemed to be rear 911. This probably means you do not have an E-brake unless the 911 inner drum brake was retrofitted.
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post Oct 18 2026, 12:57 PM
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The strut assembiies which accept a pinch bolt are early. Later ones took a wedge pin.
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post Oct 18 2026, 10:38 PM
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QUOTE(andrewvolsen @ Oct 16 2026, 08:04 PM) *

QUOTE(mepstein @ Oct 16 2026, 02:39 PM) *

The spindles on the front struts are so rusty, they are trash. They have bearing surfaces in them that are ruined by the corrosion. Other than the sway bars and maybe the front 911 hubs, the rest looks to be scrap.


I hit them with some scotchbrite and water and they seemed to clean up ok. I don't have any wheel bearings on hand to check if the inner races still fit tightly, though.

Not ok enough for a bearing surface.


I also agree that the hearing surfaces probably aren’t in spec anymore.
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