Question on Boxster transmission input shaft seal?

What is the transmission shaft front bearing supposed to look like the bearing in the bell housing when you remove the support tube? Mine had a flat metal ring that basically fell out, and only has 8 or so ball bearing on the bottom half of the circular bearing - the top half of the bearing does not contain ball bearings. Is this an issue?



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[Wayne 962]

Well, it shouldn't have anything fall out, unless that's the ring that fits into the seal itself. I'm going to copy this question to our forums, perhaps you can post a photo there?

- Wayne

[philip_damon]

picture of the main transmission shaft bearing (behind the throw-out bearing support tube).

Does this look like a good bearing?

[feelyx]

That bearing is destroyed... there should be a cage holding the balls equal distance apart.. You will have to replace it. Besure to find all the bits and pcs. you can.

[tomk]

looks like that bearing caught the IMS virus!

[Wayne 962]

Yes, from the fuzzy photo, it looks pretty terrible. I've never really seen anything that bad in that area, which leads me to believe that something else caused this to happen. This is a sealed bearing, I believe, so oil / fluid starvation should not be an issue.

Hmm...

-Wayne

[tomk]

i had a similar unexplained failure on a 914 years ago