Macster

Might not help.

My 2003 with just 10K miles was a lousy shifter. Quite a disappointment actually compared to the buttery smooth shifting of my Boxster.

I lived with the shifting then the shifter broke and the tech advised me to replace the stock Turbo shifter with the improved shifter from the 997 (Turbo or N/A car I can't recall).

Anyhow, I ok'd this and the shifting was a bit better but still not very good.

At around 30K miles the tranny developed a selector shaft seal leak and the transmission was replaced under CPO warranty.

With the replacement transmission the shifting difference was like night and day. Way way better. The Turbo transmission doesn't shift quite as fast as that in my Boxster but that is because the Turbo transmission is a heavier duty tranmission and because of this things are heavier (naturally to withstand the torque).

But the shifting action is like a rifle bolt moving into position. Very precise with no balkiness or difficulty at all.

Might add at the time the transmission was replaced the clutch was fine and was not replaced. However, the tech did advise replacement of the clutch control shaft needle bearings (and some associated dust boots/seals) which I agreed to. He said these should always be replaced rather than reused. If one of these develops a problem it is a transmission out job to address.

The shifting has remained superb now and the car now has over 152K miles on it.