compared with the wheel alignment values determined beforehand and may have to be reset to
these values. This ensures optimal adjustment of the wheel alignment positions after replacing the
wheel carrier modules.
If individual wheel alignment values are not within the prescribed adjustment tolerance as a
result of bumping into kerbs, for example, the relevant wheel alignment positions must be set to the
wheel alignment values specified in the Workshop Manual after replacing the wheel carrier
modules  Workshop Manual '4X00IN Adjustment values for suspension alignment'.
A visual check for damage must also be performed on all relevant chassis components in this case.
2

All vehicles:
Raise the vehicle on a lifting platform  Workshop Manual '4X00IN Lifting the vehicle'.
2.1

Position the vehicle between the arms of the lifting platform and push it onto the 9453 access ramps.

2.2

Remove underbody covers and fit mounting plates 9002 - Lifting platform holders, 
Workshop Manual '518119 Removing and installing jacking points'.

2.3

Jack and raise the vehicle at the mounting plates.

3

Remove both rear wheels  Workshop Manual '440519 Removing and installing wheel'.

4

Remove lower part of rear spoiler  Workshop Manual '66591900 Removing and installing lower
part of rear spoiler'.

5

Remove rear wheel housing liner (front part) at the left and right  Workshop Manual '53691901
Removing and installing rear wheel housing liner (front part)'.

6

Remove rear underbody cover  Workshop Manual '519419 Removing and installing rear
underbody cover'.
Information
•

Do not open the brake hydraulic system (brake line remains connected).

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Remove rear brake caliper at the left and right  Workshop Manual '474119 Removing and
installing rear brake calliper'.
Suspend the brake caliper on the vehicle using a tie-wrap, for example.

8

Remove rear PCCB brake disc at the left and right  Workshop Manual '465419 Removing and
installing rear PCCB brake disc'.

9

Remove rear drive shaft at the left and right.
For instructions, see  Workshop Manual '422119 Removing and installing rear drive shaft'. Also
note the following deviations from the Workshop Manual:
•

The servo motor for rear axle steering must not be removed fully. Instead, only loosen and
unscrew the fastening nut for the servo motor on the wheel carrier.

•

After loosening the trailing arms, pull the wheel carrier module to the rear and off the servo
motor for rear axle steering.

Replacing bearing covers for wheel bearings on rear axle

Procedure:

•

All vehicles

1

Replace bearing cover and outer and inner bellows on the left drive shaft.
Information
To ensure that the finished assembly is free of dirt and debris, remove all the grease and oil
from all the parts involved with an appropriate solvent after disassembly before proceeding.
Take great care to assure that all surfaces remain free of dirt and deibris during reassembly.
The contact surfaces between the bellows and the drive shaft must be free of grease or oil
during assembly.

Information
To ensure that the bellows work correctly, they must be fitted at a defined position with
respect to the tripod joints on the drive shaft.

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•

It is important therefore to mark the position of the inner bellows (on the transmission
side) on the drive shaft before removal.

•

Due to the different dimensions of the new bearing cover, the position of the outer
bellows (on the wheel side) has changed. For this reason, the new position of the

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bellows must be measured and marked before installing the new bearing cover on the
drive shaft.
1.1

Mark the position of the inner bellows (on the
transmission side) on the drive shaft using
a suitable marker  Marking position of
bellows.
Information
In order to to remove the bearing cover and
bellows, it may be necessary to remove one
or more sets of roller and needle bearings. To
do so, remove the retaining clip first then the
roller and needles. Verify all 34 needles are
accounted for. Never reassemble the needle
bearing with less than 34 needles!

Marking position of bellows

1.2
Remove outer bellows together with the
old bearing cover  Bearing cover for
wheel bearing -A- and the inner bellows.
For instructions, see  Workshop Manual
'422855 Rear drive shaft: Replacing inner
and outer bellows (with wheel bearing cover)'.
1.3

Mark the new position of the outer bellows
(on the wheel side) on the drive shaft.

Bearing cover for wheel bearing
To do this, measure 101 mm  Position of
wheel-side bellows on drive shaft -dimension
X- from the end of the drive shaft and mark
this position on the drive shaft using a suitable
marker.
1.4

Install new stronger bearing cover  Bearing
cover for wheel bearing -B- together with the
new inner and outer bellows. For instructions,
see  Workshop Manual '422855 Rear drive
shaft: Replacing inner and outer bellows (with
wheel bearing cover)'.
Position of wheel-side bellows on drive shaft

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Make sure, in particular, that the inner and
outer bellows are positioned correctly in
accordance with the markings made earlier.

2

Replace bearing cover and inner and outer bellows on
the right drive shaft.
To do this, repeat Steps 1.1 to 1.4 on the right
drive shaft.

Bearing cover for wheel bearing

Replacing wheel carrier module with wheel bearings on rear axle
•

Only for vehicles with a mileage of 12,000 miles (20,000 km/12,000) or higher or vehicles
that have already been driven on a race track.

Procedure:
Information
Deformation of the old bearing covers for the wheel bearings puts increased strain on the wheel bearings
when the vehicle is driven aggressively.
To ensure that no damaged wheel bearings are left on the vehicle during this campaign, the wheel
bearings on vehicles with a mileage of 12,000 (20,000 km) or higher or on vehicles that have already
been driven on a race track must also be replaced.
Due to the design-related extra-rigid joint between the lightweight wheel bearing and the wheel carrier, the
wheel bearing is only available as part of the wheel carrier module.
1

Remove heat shields, air guides and line brackets from the left and right wheel carriers you removed
earlier.
1.1

Loosen and unscrew fastening screws 
Removing heat shields -2- on the heat shields
 Removing heat shields -1-. Remove heat
shields from the wheel carrier.

Removing heat shields

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Loosen and unscrew fastening screws 
Removing air guide -2- on the air guide 
Removing air guide -1-. Remove air guide
from the wheel carrier.

Removing air guide
1.3

2

Loosen and unscrew fastening screws 
Removing line bracket -2- on the line bracket
 Removing line bracket -1-. Remove line
bracket from the wheel carrier.

Remove electric parking brake on the left and right
wheel carriers you removed earlier and install it on
the new wheel carriers.
Information
The spreader device (actuator) for the electric
parking brake can only be removed and installed
Removing line bracket
when the wheel hub is removed.
However, since the removal and installation of the wheel hub is not possible in the dealer organisation, the new wheel carriers will be supplied with the spreader device (actuator) for the electric
parking brake pre-fitted. The old spreader device remains in the previously removed wheel carriers.
2.1

Remove parking-brake shoes for the electric parking brake.
For instructions, see  Workshop Manual '468355 Replacing parking-brake shoes'.

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Remove retainer plate  Retainer plate for
parking-brake shoes -1- for the parking-brake
shoes from the left and right wheel carriers
you removed earlier. To do this, loosen and
unscrew the fastening screws  Retainer
plate for parking-brake shoes -2-.

2.3

Position the retainer plate you removed
earlier  Retainer plate for parking-brake
shoes -1- on the new wheel carrier. Screw
in and tighten new fastening screws 
Retainer plate for parking-brake shoes -2-.
Tightening torque 4 Nm (3 ftlb.) +60°

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Retainer plate for parking-brake shoes

Install parking-brake shoes you removed earlier for the electric parking brake.
For instructions, see  Workshop Manual '468355 Replacing parking-brake shoes'.

Fit heat shields, air guides and line brackets on the new wheel carriers at the left and right.
3.1

Position the line bracket you removed earlier
 Installing line bracket -1- on the new wheel
carrier. Screw in and tighten new fastening
screws  Installing line bracket -2-.
Tightening torque 4 Nm (3 ftlb.) +60°

Installing line bracket

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Position the air guide you removed earlier
 Installing air guide -1- on the new wheel
carrier. Screw in and tighten fastening screws
 Installing air guide -2-.
Tightening torque 8 Nm (6 ftlb.)

Installing air guide
3.3

4

Position heat shields  Installing heat shields
-1- on the new wheel carrier. Screw in and
tighten new fastening screws  Installing
heat shields -2-.
Tightening torque + torque angle 4 Nm
(3 ftlb.) +60°

Install new wheel carrier modules together with the
drive shafts you converted earlier on the vehicle.
For instructions, see  Technical Information
'WF0200 Subsequent work'.
Installing heat shields

Subsequent work
Procedure:

1

Install rear drive shaft at the left and right
For instructions, see  Workshop Manual '422119 Removing and installing rear drive shaft'. Also
note the following deviations from the Workshop Manual:
•

To install the wheel carrier module together with the drive shaft, push the stud on the wheel
carrier module forward into the corresponding bearing on the servo motor for rear axle
steering.

•

After fitting the upper and lower trailing arms on the wheel carrier module, secure the servo
motor for rear axle steering to the wheel carrier module using a new fastening nut. Tightening
torque 85 Nm (63 ftlb.)

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Install rear PCCB brake disc at the left and right  Workshop Manual '465419 Removing and
installing rear PCCB brake disc'.

3

Install rear brake calliper at the left and right  Workshop Manual '474119 Removing and installing
rear brake calliper'.

4

Install rear underbody cover  Workshop Manual '519419 Removing and installing rear underbody
cover'.

5

Install rear wheel housing liner (front part) at the left and right  Workshop Manual '53691901
Removing and installing rear wheel housing liner (front part)'.

6

Install lower part of rear spoiler  Workshop Manual '66591900 Removing and installing lower part
of rear spoiler'.

7

Only for vehicles with a mileage of 12,000 miles (20,000 km) or higher or vehicles that have
already been driven on a race track:
Adjust parking-brake shoes for electric parking brake.
7.1

Fit both rear wheels. Only tighten the central wheel nuts hand-tight initially.

7.2

Adjust and calibrate parking-brake shoes  Workshop Manual '468316 Adjusting and calibrating parking-brake shoes'.
To do this, remove the rear wheels again if necessary so that the adjustment device is
accessible.

8

Fit both rear wheels  Workshop Manual '440519 Removing and installing wheel'.

9

Lower the vehicle and remove it from the lifting platform  Workshop Manual '4X00IN Lifting the
vehicle'.
9.1

Lower the vehicle onto the 9453 - access ramps with the lifting platform.

9.2

Remove mounting plates 9002 - Lifting platform holders and install the covers on the
underbody  Workshop Manual '518119 Removing and installing jacking points'.

10 Only for vehicles with a mileage of 12,000 miles (20,000 km) or higher or vehicles that have
already been driven on a race track:
Measure the vehicle height as well as the camber and toe adjustment values on the rear axle and
adjust them to the values determined beforehand if necessary  Workshop Manual '449503
Suspension alignment, complete'
To do this, raise the vehicle on a wheel alignment platform.

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Information
The fact that the wheel carriers are mounted on the rear axle without play using Unibal joints means
that the wheel alignment only needs to be checked if the wheel carrier modules with wheel
bearings are replaced.
Given the low setpoint value tolerances of the wheel alignment values and the different wheel
alignment systems used in the dealer organisation, the wheel alignment positions must therefore
be compared with the wheel alignment values determined beforehand during the initial
measurement and may have to be reset to these values after carrying out the campaign.
This ensures optimal adjustment of the wheel alignment positions after replacing the wheel carrier
modules.
If individual wheel alignment values are not within the prescribed adjustment tolerance as a
result of bumping into kerbs, for example, the relevant wheel alignment positions must be set to the
wheel alignment values specified in the Workshop Manual after replacing the wheel carrier
modules  Workshop Manual '4X00IN Adjustment values for suspension alignment'.
A visual check for damage must also be performed on all relevant chassis components in this case.
11 Enter the workshop campaign in the Warranty and Maintenance booklet.
Attachment "B": Claim Submission - Workshop Campaign WF02
Warranty claims should be submitted via WWS/PQIS.
Open campaigns may be checked by using either the PIWIS Vehicle Information system or through PQIS
Job Creation.
Labor, parts, and sublet will be automatically inserted when Technician is selected in WWS/PQIS. If
necessary, the required part numbers will need to be manually entered into warranty system by the dealer
administrator.
Service Level:

This campaign must be carried out by a Service Level 2 Porsche Dealer.
Service Level 0 or 1 Porsche Dealers are not authorized to carry out this campaign.
In accordance with the service concept for the 918 Spyder, if the vehicle should require transport from
your dealership to a Level 2 Dealer and transportation has not previously been arranged by the 918 Client
Relationship Team, you should contact Roadside Assistance at 1 (844) 918-SPYD (7793) to facilitate the
transfer.
In this case, Service Level 0 or 1 Porsche Dealers can invoice the cost items listed below for vehicle
acceptance, transporting the vehicle and accepting the vehicle following return transport using the new
vehicle warranty for the vehicle in accordance with the specifications in the 918 Spyder AfterSales Fact
Book 2014:
• Vehicle acceptance

100 TU

• Transporting the vehicle

100 TU

• Acceptance of the vehicle following return transport

50 TU

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