Ok so Ive had a rough couple weeks and it's been awhile since I've checked out the forums. I've ran into a number of issues with my '05 box S. The roof rods broke when the hook caught, pwr steering pump bearing failure, and now the biggest thing my 2nd gear pops out. I've cheked online and it's due to the sealed bearing. Dealer says a transaxle rebuild is $10k. Motormeister can fix things on my 62k mi car for around 3k. This includes not using the oem sealed bearings that are packed with grease that melts on track days.
Now my questions:
-Has anyone else gone through this? Motormieater ppl say this happens all the time with 996/997/986/987 model manual transmissions. If so why does Porsche use these cheaper bearings? Why isn't there a lot more talk about this online?
-sealed bearings are used on the intermediate shaft, am I gonna run into issues with this too?
-anyone have a good repair shop that can rebuild a transmission in sf bay? How much does this run?
-anyone know of a bearing mfg that makes unsealed bearings?
-anyone use motormiester to rebuild a motor or tranny? How was your exp, I hear on some forums that they make mistakes or are too slow...
Thanks! In light of this I test drove a 2010 m3 coupe, I'm just not comfy with p-cars at the moment....
Now my questions:
-Has anyone else gone through this? Motormieater ppl say this happens all the time with 996/997/986/987 model manual transmissions. If so why does Porsche use these cheaper bearings? Why isn't there a lot more talk about this online?
-sealed bearings are used on the intermediate shaft, am I gonna run into issues with this too?
-anyone have a good repair shop that can rebuild a transmission in sf bay? How much does this run?
-anyone know of a bearing mfg that makes unsealed bearings?
-anyone use motormiester to rebuild a motor or tranny? How was your exp, I hear on some forums that they make mistakes or are too slow...
Thanks! In light of this I test drove a 2010 m3 coupe, I'm just not comfy with p-cars at the moment....