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YOUR RESEARCHAny pilot bearing DIY tales?
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I would be very surprised if it was the pilot bearing.
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I'm starting to get a little bit of gearbox whine - it's still very quiet at this point, but the noise is reminiscent of a sequential gearbox. The car has been rock-solid since the water pump bearing went out a little over 2 years ago, so I guess I can't bitch too much about the car finally needing a little TLC.
Has anyone DIY'd the pilot bearing? Is this DIYable with jack stands? I don't have access to a lift, hoist, etc.
I removed the front wheel drive components a while back, so I won't have to deal with any of that stuff...but I'm curious how much time I'm looking at and where it rates on the 1-10 difficulty scale.
Thanks!
After learning that I might not actually know where the drain plug is, I had my indie paint it bright yellow for me. Just in case.
I can't wait to see how many friends he makes if he actually does buy a turbo...
I don't yet know with certainty that the issue is the pilot bearing - it sounds very much like what a previous vehicle sounded like when the pilot bearing was on the way out, and I'm finding some Google traction for other 996's with this issue.
The sound at this point is VERY faint - I only happened to notice it because my wife was driving, the windows were down, the radio was off. I'll have to get her to drive me around somewhere quiet so I can concentrate on the noise.
At this point I'm trying to get an idea of the complexity involved and see if it's worth trying DIY. I'm no shrinking violet when it comes to DIY, but I also don't ever want to be the guy flatbedding a disassembled car to the mechanic.
I would be very surprised if it was the pilot bearing. I would be even more surprised if you can actually pull the trans. If you do, there are many other things to do while its out.
Apparently it doesn't matter, because the resident DIY overlord says I can't do it. Woe, woe is me.
The mistake you're making here, KK, is assuming that you can get away with the same Yoda s**t that Raby pulls. The difference is that some people actually give a damn what Raby says.
If anyone who actually put some miles on their transmission cares to weigh in, that would be super. Maybe it will keep the parrot from chattering.
KK, if the things you're fingering leave a lot of debris on your fingers, maybe you need to start paying for a better class of "lady."
I can almost envision you wandering around after Jake..."seriously, bruh...smell my fingers!"
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