changed the flex disc the other day. this was just part of the winter upgrades. the disc was very cracked. 996 turbo 2001 with 75k miles.

 

What is it? What does it do?

 

that is the connection between the output from the transmission going forward to the drive shaft. it is located under the transmission mount. i am sure mine is not abnormal for a 2001. most likly anybody with a 2001, with close milage and an original flex disc will have the same thing.

 

Any part# or is it the part everybody is getting from Florida?

 

To answer my own question: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...haft-part.html

And to be more precise: http://www.koperformance.com/catalog...Flex-Disc.html

 

i ended up getting mine here. the place in florida just dident get back to me. i called 4 times over a week.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-996-...item3f15334bbc

here are some more
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...All-Categories

 

Question, is this rubber part the main component that handles the torque transfer to the front wheels?

 

Part known to most as a guibo joint. Takes up shock load in the driveshaft and isolates driveline parts from slight misalignment under load(keeps vibration down as a result)

Common to see cracks in them with age. Used on many others cars too, like BMW's and the like.

 

All the torque to the front wheels goes through that donut.

 

known as a "guibo" in the bmw world...change it out as regular maintenence

 

Pat, were there any symptoms that led you to change this, or did you just see that it was cracking?