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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive
How difficult would this be to perform at home?
Also, aside from being stranded when the part ultimately fails, is there any risk to the rest of the car by not replacing this piece?
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Can you change a clutch? If you can get the car up high enough and drop the transmission out at home then generally that woul be what you need to do. While I could have done it, I didn't have the time to have it out of commission that long and took it to an independent shop. Was close to $2K, damn. Dealer refused to cover it under drivetrain, and there would have been a month wait for service?!
I went until it pretty much fully grenaded, I'm actually surprised it didn't do more damage but I guess it rides on shoulder over the input shaft so the shaft is protected. The bearing was a nice burnt steel color, shattered pieces of race, and pretty much all the balls had escaped or burnt to crisp.
I wouldn't wait until it got as bad as mine did. For a while it was a little noisy, but when it gets louder it goes pretty fast.
Oh yeah, pics:
