[cnavarro]

The LN website also goes as far as to state:

3. If the original bearing has failed, a Preferred Installer will NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES perform any IMS procedure.

The problem herein lies that we do not have a clear definition of what is a failed bearing. From the picture that was posted, I would consider that bearing failed, but again, that's my opinion and you know what they say, opinions are like ass*****, everyone has one.

If a procedure that is carried out in less than optimal conditions, yes, there is no warranty, but a spin on oil filter must be employed in addition to more frequent oil changes and dropping of the oil pan at every change.

Someone posting that they have saved a motor with a retrofit procedure without clearly stating the extra lengths required and also clarifying that it is a good chance the engine will still blow up gives people the wrong idea. Most failures of our IMS Retrofit bearings can be tracked back to the original bearing having failed or even having started to fail. Any debris = a good chance the engine will blow up.

One of our competitors throws us under the bus with a video of a failed LN bearing but neglects to point out that the original bearing was cut out of the ims and the engine had already been compromised and that same bearing was removed then reinstalled in another engine before supposedly having failed.

Similarities between these two cases are that posts are made and without all the details, people can take away whatever they want, whether correct or incorrect, as the information shared can and will be taken out of context.

I personally would only do retrofit procedures on healthy engines, that's just me, but I'll be honest that I know that tens of installations are done weekly that, if I were consulted, I would recommend against carrying out.

Only a small percentage of bearings are registered and only one or two were sent in that were failed bearings where the shop still carried out the procedure. I can tell you in every case that the original bearing was failed that I know of, the new bearing failed too.