Ims bearing

[Jgkram]

I have a 2001 base and changed out the original bearing for the duel row ln version. That was in 2016. I don't beat the car up and drive normal to moderate even when on a "fun" drive. As it is my daily driver, I change the oil religiously every 3500 miles to keep it reasonably clean. Don't plan on replacing the bearing until after the 75,000 mile criteria, if then.

[Frodo]

There were lots of discussions on this topic a few years ago, especially when one Jake Raby was still reading and posting here. (I suspect he still reads here, but no longer posts.)

IIRC, kind of a general consensus was to re-do the IMS bearing whenever the clutch is done. Which also happens to be a convenient time to do it, mechanically speaking.

This obviously doesn't apply in the case of the IMS Solution, the one-and-done approach.