I decided to do an early service @ 50K... clutch was heavy but not slipping and I wanted to avoid a new flywheel if possible.... at any rate I did the 60k service, updated the IMS bearing using a LNE retrofit, RMS, flushed brake and clutch lines, transmission oil change, engine oil (Quartz 9000 5w-40) and installed a 997 SSK, and of course all the other incidentals...

Interestingly, the IMS bearing removed was as new.... not a mark, spun smoothly and momentarily the thought passed through my mind.... should I have spent the $$?... that lasted a few seconds especially when Peter the mechanic said... these things go fast with NO warning.... I knew it was the right decision!

The SSK makes a marked difference.... short positive shifts altho I am still remapping my personal shift patterns....

It was an expensive venture but other than oil changes and probably brakes somewhere down the line... I am good to go for another 30K and resting easy with the infamous IMS bearing updated!

 

no AOS while you were in there?

 

We considered that... apparently it is the diaphragm that fails.... it is much more prevalent a failure on Boxsters...and don't ask me why.... decided that it just wasn't a priority at this point.... more of a smokey PIA...