rear spoiler pin

[carsareart]

My son noticed my rear spoiler was not retracted evenly on my engine cover. Upon inspection I noticed that the hinge part that connects to the spoiler on the drivers side had a pin that was coming out. This is the pin that is the outermost connecting point on the spoiler, there is one on each side. It is connected to the motorized part of the spoiler. Anyway the pin is missing a c-clip, had started to come out and would not allow the spoiler to fully retract. The other side has a bolt put in it. I was thinking it should be one way or the other.

1999 996, C2 coupe, two wheel drive, Tiptronic, USA, 120k miles,

Thanks for your help.

[Loren]

My son noticed my rear spoiler was not retracted evenly on my engine cover. Upon inspection I noticed that the hinge part that connects to the spoiler on the drivers side had a pin that was coming out. This is the pin that is the outermost connecting point on the spoiler, there is one on each side. It is connected to the motorized part of the spoiler. Anyway the pin is missing a c-clip, had started to come out and would not allow the spoiler to fully retract. The other side has a bolt put in it. I was thinking it should be one way or the other.

1999 996, C2 coupe, two wheel drive, Tiptronic, USA, 120k miles,

Thanks for your help.

Which part?

[carsareart]

There is a pin that connects number 17 to number 3. On the other side of the car there is a bolt.

Ok, it is looking like the pin is in part number 17. There is a pin just before the two bolts that attach it to part number 3 that allows it to rotate as the spoiler goes up and down.

I have been to every hardware store in my area.....no luck. I might try a motorcycle shop and an aircraft hardware store in town too....???? Salvage yard? Worst case would be a machine shop to build another.

Edited April 14, 2009 by carsareart

[carsareart]

Well I have found out that some cars have bolts, and some cars have pins. Mine has a pin on the drivers side and a bolt on the passenger side. The Pin is a 2cm long pin that is 6mm thick. It has a cut in it for an E-clip (5mm).

I found a second pin at "Oklahoma Foreign" in Moore Oklahoma. They had one in a bolt bin and I also found another little trim part I was looking for. These guys are great, they always take good care of me.

I took my new parts home and proceeded to remove the bolt from the passenger side. I found that the center mount is threaded. ?!? So I put the bolt back in and put the now extra pin in my tool box.... I guess someone in my cars past worked on the spoiler and either put one in with a pin or one in with a bolt.

The good news is the spoiler retracts as it should and I still get to drive in the autocross in the morning!