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Old 11-19-2016, 09:36 AM   #54
Dave S.
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Originally Posted by mikefocke View Post
What pray tell did the "near failures" look like. I've always heard that once the metal starts falking, it goes everywhere including very narrow oil passages and some inventors of these things won't install any IMS in such an engine. So I'm interested in how they determined it was "near failure" but OK to install a new bearing.
Mostly rubber seals on the bearing failing. Oil intrusion, no grease left in them.
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