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My '03 Boxster gets an alignment next week. Are there any particular wear items in the steering/suspension systems that I should have checked for wear/play beforehand. Thanks to all.by primo4 - Main Forum
I posted this thread last November just prior to putting the car away for the winter. As it looks like the Seattle weather might be turning the corner, I thought it was time to find out what happened last fall. Work accomplished by Chris's German in Bellevue, Wa. and in on Monday, finished Wednesday. Erik (Porsche dealer trained tech) did a great job and took time to explain the failure and repaiby primo4 - Main Forum
I posted this thread last November just prior to putting the car away for the winter. As it looks like the Seattle weather might be turning the corner, I thought it was time to find out what happened last fall. Work accomplished by Chris's German in Bellevue, Wa. and in on Monday, finished Wednesday. Erik (Porsche dealer trained tech) did a great job and took time to explain the failure and repaiby primo4 - Main Forum
With the wheels off the ground and the gear shift in 1st, I could spin both wheels. Spinning the left tire forward resulted in the right tire only moving backward about an inch or so. An indy I spoke with indicated the right should have continued to rotate rearward. Starting to think differential.by primo4 - Main Forum
It FELT like it popped out of gear, in that I lost forward motion and a bit of rev as the engine was unloaded. Moving the shift lever results in what appears to be normal inputs at the transmission end of the cables. Because the failure happened as I was letting the clutch out, I'm thinking this is going to be some kind of rare catastrophic clutch related failure. Probably no way to tell until tby primo4 - Main Forum
Just in from a look see underneath. Cables are attached and any movement of the shifter seems to move the the appropriate levers at the tranny. Both elevated wheels spin freely regardless of shifter position and the shafts are fine. I've eliminated the clutch as a problem for now, as the pedal feels normal and I assume any malfunction of that system between the pedal and the clutch itself would rby primo4 - Main Forum
The shifter moves thru all the gears (although I'm not yet sure its moving anything in the tranny) and the clutch pedal feels normal. Nothing happens when I put the shifter in a gear and let the clutch out. The shifter did not physically pop back in to the neutral position during the initial problem as you would expect it to do if the transmission actually popped from 2nd to neutral. Heading outby primo4 - Main Forum
Howdy, Need to pick the collective brain... '03 base Boxster w/ 55K. Driving up a fairly steep grade on the way home this morning, immediately after letting the clutch out after shifting from 1st to 2nd I heard a noise similar to something letting go that was under tension. Lost all power to wheels. Shifter feels normal, clutch feels normal, and engine revs under throttle. Feels like its stuckby primo4 - Main Forum
All, Getting ready to do a manual transmission fluid change (Mobile Delvac). Does it make a diff whether the car is supported on jacks or a ramp when pulling and re-installing the undercarriage steel to gain access. I thought I'd read a reference to this on the old board, but couldn't find it. Thanksby primo4 - Main Forum