Worth it to 'check' IMS bearing during clutch? Clutch recommendations?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

I'm just now reading up on an old Pelican Parts Forum thread from 2012 where this guy Tim, going by the handle 'feelyx' developed the same type bearing as the LN "solution" and said he could sell the bearing for $200 plus $50 for the oil feed setup. So, yeah. way overpriced. I'm halfway though the 18 page thread. Very interesting.

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That is absolutely nothing like the IMS Solution, regardless of what he describes as the cost. It uses a steel insert in the shaft and a ball bearing in the flange, and is held together with a center bolt. The Solution has no ball or roller bearing components.