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Old 10-11-2013, 12:35 PM   #1
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Clutch replacement

Hi guys, love the forum, very informing. I am new to this forum and to Porsche Boxters. My question is: Typically
at what mileage does the clutch need replacing. Thinking ahead towards an IMS bearing upgrade. Thanks in advance.

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Old 10-11-2013, 02:08 PM   #2
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You'll get all kinds of varying answers on this one. As you probably realize, it depends a lot on how the car is driven---how aggressively, and how new to clutching/manual shifting the driver is. In my case (a 2001S that I bought in 2006), I've got 71K miles on the original clutch, though I suspect I'm getting close the point where I'm due. I don't feel any slippage yet though.
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Old 10-11-2013, 02:29 PM   #3
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Typically you should expect 70K-90K miles, but its not uncommon to be on either side of that range.
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Old 10-11-2013, 03:27 PM   #4
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My '04 S has 95k on it and it's getting a new clutch, ims bearing and rms next week. It doesn't slip yet, but is getting hard to push in and the rms (I presume) is leaking. I will sleep better knowing the ims bearing is replaced. A friend of mine replaced his clutch (04 S) at 135k recently; kept the stock ims bearing in it.

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Old 10-13-2013, 07:06 AM   #5
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Thanks guys, that's kinda what I was hoping. Just wasn't sure if a performance car like the Boxter needed something special like a clutch change at 30/40k. I've 72k on the clock, so expect a replacement sooner than later.

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