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Old 03-14-2025, 02:42 AM   #1
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Smile Bought Boxster S! IMS identification via housing.

Hi! Long time lurker here with first post. I've been lurking on and off this forum for probably 8-9 years, while dreaming of having a Boxster and learning about the cars. This November I had enough funds to justify it, and my wife pushed me to making the call on a Boxster S 2000 model that needed a little love and maintenance. I have had it in my garage during winter here in Norway, doing the thermostat, water pump, front motor mount, trans oil, motor oil, throttle body/MAF and detailing. A lot of work has been put into the car during these months, and now in april the car goes to a Porsche specialist for clutch, new IMS (EPS roller bearing), and variocam glide pads (found brown plastic in filter but no metal).

The car is a black Boxster with "Boxster Red" and carbon fiber interiour. It is a US car that was imported to Norway in 2016, having spent most of its 73000 miles life on the roads of Alabama.

Going through the extensive maintenance history of the car, I see that it had problems leaking oil through the RMS/IMS area in 2004 and the RMS and IMS seal was replaced. This was done by Braman Motorcars in west palm beach Florida.

While reading around the forum i found a post where identification of the IMS bearing was done via the part number of the housing, to determine if it was a dual or single row bearing. I have the part number for the housing on my car via the maintenance papers, and have tried googling, parts lists etc but cannot figure it out.

I hoped maybe with the help from the extensive knowledge on this forum, someone could help me identify if I have the single or dual row IMS in my car.

Part number is: 996-105-017-01 SHAFT HOUSING

Thanks!

Last edited by Petecomplete; 03-14-2025 at 02:49 AM.
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