IMS Replacement Survey

[Sumflow]

Originally Posted by opus69

The bearing did not look too bad.

What does this guy mean?

The idea that he could look at a bearing and decide that 50,000 miles from now the thing will not fail. What did he do take it out and check it with a micrometer?

About the most he can say is that the bearing does not appear to have gone yet. How does he know the seal on the other side is not already blown?

The idea of preventive maintenance is to replace it before it even has a hint of looking bad. The design is bad. You are improving the design by replacing it. The design will always look bad to the trained eye until it is fixed. How can he look at a bad design that may self-destruct at any time and say that it does not look bad?

[opus69]

I am not sure if you were referring to my comment about the bearing not looking too bad, but I had the bearing out and in hand. Seals appeared OK and it turned smoothly. What I was most concerned about was that it had a small wobble which to me suggests it was going to fail sooner than later. Since we were doing the clutch, I would have replaced the bearing anyway.

[Mandrew1]

Had mine replaced In early April - peace of mind, to be sure, but Sportscar Clinic in Roanoke, VA did it for around $1900, parts and labor. They also installed a Borla cat-back on the reassembly (part cost NOT included)

No wear whatsoever on the bearing assembly or clutch. Sigh...I'm never that lucky.

[Brockmeister]

I'm not a big "preventative maintenance" guy either. Usually when it breaks, I fix it. But when the word "catastrphic" is included, and I really like the car, I get it fixed. In my case the clutch was high, so at 72,000. My gaby got all the goodies.