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As Stan suggested above it pays to carefully inspect the new gear for flashing...BUT, there is more to be on the look out for when the work is done. 1) look for and remove any protruding flashing on the side of the gear 2) make certain the gear is not too long on the shaft causing the gear to bind up when the "e" clip is installed. 3) make certain the gear is not tight on the shaft which will also bind it up 4) make certain the new gear does not bind on the worm gear on the motor (this is caused by the new gear being slight larger in diameter than the old gear) I have seen all these problems on replacement gears and I have replaced less than a dozen of them. Who ever originally built the clusters for Porsche was not particularly careful about tolerances over time. There are differences from cluster to cluster and there are differences in the replacement gears in sizes, finish, and fit too. There are several people selling the replacement gears and THEY DIFFER from each other. I have gotten the gears from 3 different sources and I don't remember who supplied the ones that fit best....all of them need to be carefully inspected. Otherwise, you will be paying your mechanic to R&I the pod more than once.....these problems are not easily found, on my first drive gear replacement I think I had the pod in and out maybe 4 or 5 times before I got it "right". But, going to school I rode the short bus.....