Steve C thanks for your help..
To all, finally after much research I was able to remove the spring plates and torsion bars off the 87 944 torsion tube housing, which was off the car and in the basement.
To recap, what I have learned..
Safety First- With the torsion bar housing off the car, you can not utilize the traditional ways to dismantle this assembly. I did a lot of research on this since I did not want to hurt myself. What I have learned by reading posts on 911 and 944's is that their is a lot less preload on the 944 87 spring plates. For these cars what is typically done is to use strap to hold in place the alum. arm and brakes so that when you remove the bolts on the spring plate cover the weight of the brake assembly and wheels don't cause the arm to come crashing down. This was repeatedly stated in multiple sites. There was never any mention of preload, which confused me, since the VW folks have always stated as having this. I have yet to do the Vert, but will utilize the proper tools for this to simplify.
Tools- Having realized that there would be little to no preload I proceeded to dismantle the assembly. First by loosing 3 of 4 of the Spring Plate cover bolts and then the last bolt which has a bushing that acts as a stopper for the spring plate. At first I was going to utilize a threaded rod and jimmy rig something but since I am no structural engineer I did not want to take a chance and utilize a weak tensil strength rod that would snap under load. I would have put more effort into this but I ultimately would have been cheaper and safer to buy the right tool. Lesson learned.. Unless you have the time and can use some engineering to actually figure out what grade and tensil stregnth steel to use..
When I removed the stopper bolt, the spring plate did move. I would say between 1/8 and 1/4 inch. This is not much but it is still enough, and you need to realize that there will be some movement. Wear your safety goggles as you never now what can happen.
The rest of the dismantling is pretty straight forward. You may need to utilize a hammer and pry bar to get everything loose. With a little elbow grease it will come off.
The 944 assembly has a lot of extra bolts on the plate for adjustment.. I think camber and ride height. I did not make any markings on the assembly to indicate starting points and ending points for the arms as these markings would not carry over to the vert. I will have to source a protractor and make a best guess on the install, and most likely have a professional set up the cars alignment, ride height, camber and corner balance.
Now I am faced with the issue of removing the old rubber so that I can put some beetle bushings and transfer to the vert. If anyone has any suggestion feel free.. I know it has been mentioned so I will do a little searching. Not sure what will transfer besides the torsion bars, spring plates, and alum arms. How about the 944 spring plates, but I guess that would imply utilizing a 944 bushing. Will research as it has been mentioned.. I think Zen may have.
Still have some work to do on rebuilding the rear calipers, putting fresh pads and new rotors.. $$$$ Still have to figure out the swaybar install and parking brake. Again all researchable topics..
I am happy that I have made progress on this and no injuries. If anyone want pictures or more detail feel free. I will not be transfering anyything for a little while since I need some new bushings and all the above to do prior.
To all thanks for the help, and I will keep everyone posted.. Couldn't have done it with out the Team "Germanlook.com". And I am always grateful for any and all help..
Alex
"Loaf"
