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Old 03-22-2017, 02:51 AM   #7
Jamesp
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The IMS is a maintenance item like a timing belt. All the IMS bearings are good right up to the point they fail. Your mechanic appears to be misinformed, or trying to push you to perform the work with the 30% number. 8% for single row bearings is the highest accepted failure rate for IMSBs.
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