Bought Boxster S! IMS identification via housing.

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Originally Posted by JFP in PA

You will not be able to determine the IMS type from that number, the ONLY way to know for sure is to pull the flywheel and look at the flange; the single and dual row rear flanges are very different, and 2000-2001 cars could have gone either way:

Thank you for your reply. The receipt/papers say "shaft housing" but that part number is for the flange as far as i understand? In the other thread I mentioned the identification of the ims bearing was done with the same part number ending in 02 (while mine ends in 01). I guess the flanges for dual vs single row have different part numbers?

Either way, ims will be changed. I am just curious.

Edit: this is the thread i was talking about:
http://986forum.com/forums/boxster-general-discussions/53467-buying-used-boxster-s-ims-flange-replaced-but-not-ims-bearing.html