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Old 10-21-2009, 10:51 AM   #10
blue2000s
Porscheectomy
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Seattle Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake Raby
You won't know if its perfect or not until you cut it apart and inspect the races and rollers. When it's cut open you can also see how much of the permanent lubricant remains inside the bearing.

Did any oil pour out of the IMS tube when the bearing was pulled???

I get more calls from people with failed 40K mile engines than anyone else, it seems that 36-50K is the sweet spot if you are going to have bad luck.

If you are willing to send me the bearing I'll cut it open for you and post the results.. etch your name into it, or some other ID so there is no doubt that what I post comes from it.

I want to cut into as many as possible.
When they pulled the bearing support plate, they hadn't drained the oil, so I don't know if they had oil in the IMS tube or not. I'm going to hang on to the bearing for a little while, but I might end up sending it over to you one of these days.
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