IMS question.

[jmatta]

Charles -Jake, thanks for the great video; it really gives us an insite to how all these parts interplay. I've looked at the PET diagram, but it doesn't show the bearing housing as a separate part...should I assume this part fits into the intermediate shaft?

When you recommend removing the seal for greater lubrication, again, I assume you mean the outer one that you removed in the video?

I won't be tearing my engine down soon, but as an active club DE instructor/some times racer, I am very interested in this topic.

[cnavarro]

Yes, that's the seal I refer to removing, just like in the video.

The bearing in pressed into the intermediate shaft itself. On the dual row, there's a wire loc that you can see on the outside diameter of the bearing that expands into a matching groove in the bore of the IMS. On the single row, it has a physical circlip that can be removed externally, then the bearing can be pulled out of the IMS. Does that help?