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Brockmeister · 02-14-2012, 04:10 PM

My car is at the shop as we speak. It's a '99 with 72k on the clock. I decided to do the clutch, rms,ims fix because it has been vibrating a little more lately. Good thing I did.
Turns out, the clutch was on it's last legs. It had worn through the rivets and the flywheel was scored. There was also play in the twisting of the flywheel. Flywheel was toast.
The RMS seal was still good with no leaking.
the IMS was on it;s last legs as well. It was loose and had only a few miles left on it. had I kept driving it until the clutch wore down to nothing, I would have had been making payments on one very expensive lawn ornament.
I hasd planned to use the tax money to do this and I'm glad that I made the right decision!
13yo car w/72k ? IDK, but I'm glad this forum exists, or else I would be out even more bucks.:dance:

02-14-2012, 04:10 PM	#111
Brockmeister Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Upper Marlboro, Md. Posts: 268	My car is at the shop as we speak. It's a '99 with 72k on the clock. I decided to do the clutch, rms,ims fix because it has been vibrating a little more lately. Good thing I did. Turns out, the clutch was on it's last legs. It had worn through the rivets and the flywheel was scored. There was also play in the twisting of the flywheel. Flywheel was toast. The RMS seal was still good with no leaking. the IMS was on it;s last legs as well. It was loose and had only a few miles left on it. had I kept driving it until the clutch wore down to nothing, I would have had been making payments on one very expensive lawn ornament. I hasd planned to use the tax money to do this and I'm glad that I made the right decision! 13yo car w/72k ? IDK, but I'm glad this forum exists, or else I would be out even more bucks.:dance: __________________ '99 Boxster Artic Silver/Red '14 Subaru Outback '06 EG Classic '05 Sportster