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Dec 4, 2010 | 10:30 PM

#31

adias

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Originally Posted by stevepow

... Someone, a long time ago, when I first learned to shift, told me it was safest to always keep the car in gear. Never could think of a reason not to, so I have always tried to.

You will wear out the throwback bearing if you hold the clutch down for long periods of time.

Dec 5, 2010 | 02:41 AM

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chobit

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It happens on my 997.1 often enough. 9x% of the time, I can apply a tiny bit more force to get it in gear. The going to 2nd gear then to first also works most of the time.

Honestly, I never have problems with my 99 Miata and 06 STi. Both transmissions are smooth as silk.

Dec 5, 2010 | 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JTaylorGT

Pretty embarassing when you're number one at the traffic light and can't get going! Nonetheless, it's not that often so I just re-engage the clutch and that usually does the trick.

I know the feeling!

Shifting to neutral sometimes work, but I sometimes have re-engage the clutch and that does it for sure...

Dec 5, 2010 | 11:22 AM

#34

adias

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Originally Posted by cibergypsy

My question was not as to its unbreakability but about having a quality high enough to be worthy of the Porsche badge, specially since water-cooled, Carrera based 911s' motors and transmissions have nothing in common with the GTs and Turbos. It was a question about how do they compare to the ones on the other variants but, after reading my own post, I guess the intent of my question wasn't clear.

Of course they shouldn't be expected to be unbreakable or abused. Fortunately for me, I am not one of the silly jocks who don't know better as no transmission on any car I've owned has been damaged by misuse, including the 915 on my '84 Targa which served me well for many tens of thousands of miles.

Thanks for putting my mind at ease by saying that our Aisin transmissions are excellent ones!

PAG sources parts from many manufacturers. Getrag supplied the 996 tranny. Aisin supplies the 997 tranny because they offer a better product. When the 997 was released in '04 the tranny was acknowledged as being an improvement.