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  1. Dan, when you say have the dealer check the flywheel for spec, is this something they can do without major work, or is it something they can do with everything intact? Do you know the details of what they do when they check it? My car has around 45K miles. How many did yours have at the time of the work? I would just like to have as many details as possible before I arrive at their door. Thanks
  2. Thelion, Sometimes it even does it in my driveway, which is flat. It sounds like the car is going to stall, or the engine is going to rattle loose. I have had several Porsches and none of them have ever acted like this. All of my 944s had very smooth clutch action. It really feels like something is on the flywheel. The clutch grabs making a smooth takeoff too racy for me. Maybe I should go to a used car lot and drive a few other Boxsters similar in age.
  3. I have a 99 Boxster that generally drives like it should. Under certain circumstances, like taking off from an incline, I can't ease out the clutch without the car jerking and shuddering. This doesn't happen every time, just on occasions. While I had the car in the shop for a rear wheel bearing replacement, I asked the mechanic about my problem. He laughed and said "those clutches have a funny action, don't they". I didn't know if this meant he wasn't familiar with the cars enough to tell me what was wrong, or if he was serious. Anyone out there with similar problems? This is the only Boxster I have ever driven, so I can't compare it to another.
  4. Toolpants, thanks for the quick reply! I called the dealer and didn't feel good about our conversation. I then called a couple of local shops. One guy, who has been working on Porsches for over 30 years, told me he had never heard of one failing on a Boxster. He had on all the other models. I called another shop that has two ex-dealer mechanics, and they said they had never replaced one, but would give it a try. The symptoms are not like they were on my 914s. It makes a rough sound when I spin the wheel (with the pads out) on the drivers side rear. But it doesn't increase or decrease when swerving. It also gets louder the farther I drive. Could that be something else other than the wheel bearing? I don't want to go to the trouble myself and find out that was not the problem. Also, how do you go about removing the bearing housing? Like I said, I don't have the shop manual, and I don't want to break anything.
  5. Hey, I never made it to the dealer with all the holiday duties. I did however, jack up the rear and spin the back tires with the brake pads out. The left side sounds like a grinding noise and the right side sounds okay. Have any of you ever replaced a rear wheel bearing on a Boxster? I have done it on several 914s, and it was easy. If you know how, would you mind giving me the steps?
  6. Norcostal, I was searching this site for an answer to some noise I noticed the last few times I drove my 99 Boxster. I have had the car for 9 months and the top has been down the whole time (I only drive it on clear days) and now that I have put the top up, I hear a noise loud enough to make driving a pain. I comes from what sounds like both sides of the rear, and sounds like a "wank-wank" noise that increases and decreases with the speed of the car, with or without the clutch in. At slow speeds, it sounds like when my old 914s would have bad wheel bearings. However, swaying from side to side doesn't seem to change the sound or the loudness like a wheel bearing normally would. I know that trying to diagnose over the net is impossible, but does anyone else have this problem? A friend told me to go drive some other Boxsters from used car lots and see if they do the same. Anyone with any ideas?
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