10-23-2024, 12:40 PM
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This might be a naive question, but I have yet to come across an answer: Since double-row bearings are much more reliable than their single-row counterparts, can a single-row bearing and spacer be replaced with a double-row bearing?
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10-23-2024, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by LoneWolfGal
This might be a naive question, but I have yet to come across an answer: Since double-row bearings are much more reliable than their single-row counterparts, can a single-row bearing and spacer be replaced with a double-row bearing?
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No, not with the factory width dual row as the two IMS shafts were different and required different size bearings. LN does have a dual row hybrid replacement for the factory single row which uses offset ball placements to keep the overall size the same as the single row so it will fit the shaft correctly. This LN product does require some specialized tooling for the installation however.
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10-23-2024, 01:16 PM
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This LN product does require some specialized tooling for the installation however.
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Double D'OH!
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10-23-2024, 01:41 PM
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Double D'OH!
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The tool required for this bearing is called the Faultless Installation Tool, which in reality is simply the best installation tooling for any type of IMS retrofit; but because of the unique design of the dual row LN replacement for the factory single row, it is the ONLY tool that will correctly install it without doing any damage. I literally got rid of my original IMS installation tooling after the Faultless came out, it is simply that good a tool and we use it on everything. LN rents them.
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Last edited by JFP in PA; 10-23-2024 at 01:45 PM.
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10-23-2024, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
The tool required for this bearing is called the Faultless Installation Tool, LN rents them.
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JFP, these are great news for the people that would be using the installation tool only once, because the tool looks pricey..
PS: Can't wait to see the pictures that LoneWolfGal will post of her complete and successful journey :-)
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10-23-2024, 02:21 PM
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JFP, these are great news for the people that would be using the installation tool only once, because the tool looks pricey..
PS: Can't wait to see the pictures that LoneWolfGal will post of her complete and successful journey :-)
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They are not cheap, the basic tool is nearly $800, but like Porsche's beautiful RMS tooling, this was designed for the professional market and why LN rents them; the average DIYer would never buy one.
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10-23-2024, 09:11 PM
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They are not cheap, the basic tool is nearly $800, but like Porsche's beautiful RMS tooling, this was designed for the professional market and why LN rents them; the average DIYer would never buy one.
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Grant says: "Shoot, I bet I can make one of those."
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10-23-2024, 04:56 PM
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Can't wait to see the pictures that LoneWolfGal will post of her complete and successful journey :-).
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You and me both, Gilles. By the way, I just bought a new 1/2" impact wrench, which will be just the ticket for the motor mounts. It's a SPiCiMOMO, the finest name in Chinese impact wrenches owned by me. For $79 the SPiCiMOMO is a spicy mofo.
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