Fixing My 996 911’s Broken Spoiler in the Upright Position

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On today’s episode, we tackle another one of my Spring time projects for my 2001 996 Porsche Carrera 4. This time, we’re fixing the car’s broken spoiler in the upright position to restore it’s functionality.
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David
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[@DSC800]

I had no idea it was hydraulic, thought it was geared, but never really looked at it. Hope mine never fails ($$$). If it does I think I'd go with keeping it down and adding a small duck tail spoiler.

[@FunAhead_TV_Official]

I hope yours never fails too! Yea, I considered going fixed duck tail too, but figured I should at least attempt my "fixing" idea first. So far so good, but we'll see how long I run it.

[@boffam00]

I think it’s more correct to say that the spoiler reduces lift, rather than providing downforce. Anyway, remarkably clean fix!

[@FunAhead_TV_Official]

Haha I can agree with that logic for sure. Also, thanks!

[@Xud3e]

can you put up the spoiler when you driver under the normal speed manually? Or does it only go up over a certain mark?

[@FunAhead_TV_Official]

Do you mean normally? Or the way I have it set up? On my car, I have disabled the spoiler motor. It is either in the full up, or full down position and is manually set that way. Can’t do it from inside the car while driving

[@bawa2364]

I came here because I just fixed my 996 spoiler for the same problem. But, ouch -- why didn't you try to fix it in the first place? Was probably just a minor problem. A common prob;em is that the plastic coating of the actuator wire cracks and jams the tube. Just remove the plastic coating, put on some grease, and good to go again.
The mechanism is not hydraulic, it is a simple wire pull mechanism

[@FunAhead_TV_Official]

It was already broken when I bought the car. So I had unplugged it and kept it in the downward position. But I decided I wanted the functionality of the extended spoiler, hence fixing it upwards. The mechanism on mine is totally broken and not fixable on the right side.