As close as it gets: IMS Save!

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by BTfd2e93

do we know if any further analysis/stats have been taken about how the LN retro has been standing up? last time i checked, when i install mine - i think the highest mileage on the retrofit of their customer was 50K miles? (since no sample was available for 50K+ on an LN retro ...... ) has one been checked further on?

Well the premise to your question assumes that you should keep any serviceable bearing in a car for longer than 50k miles. For single row bearing cars at least, I definitely recall reading that this is not best practice.

[Steve Tinker]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Well the premise to your question assumes that you should keep any serviceable bearing in a car for longer than 50k miles. For single row bearing cars at least, I definitely recall reading that this is not best practice.

True, as per BTfd says BUT if the recommendation from LN is to replace the ceramic single row bearing every 50k miles, I wonder if anyone has actually done that yet - installed the bearing, ran it for 50k miles, replaced it and sent the old bearing to LN for analysis?

Has LN inspected any removed bearings and quantified the wear characteristics with enough evidence to confirm that the predicted 50k mile lifespan is correct ??
I'm not talking about LN / Flat 6's dedicated test mule engines but the bearing upgrades bought by actual M96 engine owners "off the street" .

[Jake Raby]

To date we have had 4 of our early retrofit customers reach the 50K mileage with their single row retrofits and have the IMS Solution retrofit update applied..

We've been doing these retrofits longer than anyone, I have several dual row IMSBs with well over 100K miles on them in the hands of the owners that we did the work for.