Nutty Professor

The rubber "Guibo" on my cardan shaft is cracked. It's recommended to replace. However, you can't just replace that one part. It requires a whole new shaft. Does anyone know if the "Guibo" off of a Cayenne will work. It seems Porsche sells that part separately for the Cayanne, but not the Carrera. Below is a link which provides a visual of the rubber "Guibo". They look identical. But the measurements may be different. I've tried calling a few dealerships and they haven't been able to confirm weather it will work or not. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

http://www.vertexauto.com/ShowItem/1...c%20Guibo.aspx

Pac996

Normally it's the Boxster with interchangeable parts.

call911s

Guido or guibo? Not sure I'd want a Guido wrapped around my shaft...

Nutty Professor

Very funny. I wouldn't want Guido on my shaft either. Thanks for catching that. I've made the correction.

gota911

I had the same thing happen to my '04 996. It was under warranty and the deler replaced the half shaft at no cost to me.

Nutty Professor

You're lucky. A new shaft is $500. I'm well out of my warranty.

roadsession

It comes as a complete shaft.
Guibo not sold separately.



Good news is you get a 997 part now.

Dan Jacobs

You can use a guido from a 84 BMW 318 automatic. The part is very slightly different but works perfectly and costs less then $50

geldgrube

This is GREAT news! Do you have the BMW part #??

mpd425

Try this.
Guibo

Nutty Professor

Dan, you're my hero. I just ordered one from the website provided by MPD425, above. I actually ordered a new cardan shaft earlier today before reading your post. If the guibo you recommended works, I'll be returning the new cardan shaft.

I'll keep you guys posted and let you know how it works. Hopefully this is teh answer for all of us C4S owners. Thanks again for your help.

MPD425, thanks a lot for the link. I ordered one of their site.

Nutty Professor

Geldgrube, here is the part # from the site I ordered it from....26111225624-OEM-ID-E2E2217.

fedmax

same issue here...has it worked?

Nutty Professor

I just received it yesterday. It looks the same. But I won't get around to installing it until mid to late next week. I'll keep you posted.

Nutty Professor

I attempted to install the aftermarket guibo on my cardan shaft, instead of having to replace the whole shaft. Unfortunately, the guibo wasn't compatible (at least to my liking). See pics below. Basically the aftermarket guibo I ordered looked identical to the OEM guibo....same shape, circumference, holes lined up, etc. However, upon closer examination, the aftermarket guibo was a bit thicker. More importantly, the metal locator sleeves inside the guibo were flush with the guibo itself. On the OEM guibo, the metal sleeves stick out farther than the guibo itself. They act as locators when fitting to the cardan shaft, as well as holding it in place. The cardan shaft actually has 3 counter sunk holes for these locators. Therefore, I felt uncomfortable trying to use the aftermarket guibo, and opted to replace the entire shaft. See pics below. They are pretty much self explanatory. I do appreciate all of the help and advice from fellow members. I just felt using the aftermarket guibo may have been unsafe, and led to greater issues.

In the pics, the OEM guibo is on the right. The aftermarket guibo is on the left.