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Mine has been metal on metal since day one and 118k miles in and is still OK. I will be inspecting everything once I have mine apart in the next couple of months.
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Marky911 said:Hi Wasz.
I mentioned this to my Indy today as I was onto him about my gearbox etc.
He said every 996 should have the plunger cap. It isn't specific to later cars or certain years. Even if some didn't have it and you fitted one, the plunger is spring loaded with the cylinder having an amount of reserve so any slight variation in length is taken up by the cylinders free travel. It would never be activating the clutch.
I suppose it's like the few mm of free travel you feel at the start of pressing the pedal on a hydraulic clutch. If there was no "spare" travel at the start of pressing the pedal, the clutch would always be slipping slightly.
Anyway that's my Indys view and he's been around all 911s since he was knee high.
Entirely your decision though and someone may have a conflicting view.
As for buying the cap only, you'd have to do a bit of searching. I had two cylinders, but only my the spare had an end on which I've now used otherwise I'd have happily given you it.
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Demort said:If the seal aint leaking then dont bother .
Btw .. sorry for the bad news from me .. its all i seem to give these days .. sigh .
Demort said:My hat off to you young sir .. i would be having a paddy about now .
Demort said:the bolts above and below the RMS.