The Long Distance Boxster S Rejuvenation Thread

[nuvolari]

So lots of new progress...

First, my 951 is up and alive. Amazing but simply cleaning the ECU's with distilled water brought them back. Then I had to fix the rusty hole that caused the leak but with much use of POR-15 treatment and putty plus some SS metal panels, I think it's pretty solid.
Anyway, I know this a Boxster thread so I will now inform you that after much struggling with homemade IMSB removal tools, I broke down and bought a used LN Pro Tools kit. And this worked to remove the bearing in literally 10 minutes but there was a problem. The dual row circlip was damaged in the removal or possibly it was damaged when installed but it was basically squished into super thin metal and also broken in half. Then this bit of metal seems to have sliced a groove into the LN extraction tube! Also, the bearing was then stuck in the tube and was difficult to get out. That would explain the difficulty in trying to remove the bearing with DIY tools in the beginning. There's a thread on that....

So now I'm at the point where I need to find the dual row bearing circlip. I have not seen this part for sale so I'm a bit worried. Please let me know if you know where to source this part.