Thread: IMS again
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Old 11-14-2019, 08:02 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by piper6909 View Post
Help me understand why no other IMS retrofit could be reused. Thanks.
With ball or roller bearing types, the extraction process literally jams the bearings into the race and cages, damaging both. The cages in particular tend to break up and the races get dented or scored due to the force exerted on them. Once this happens, the bearing is going to fail if reused.
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