3 more IMS reports

[harryrcb]

Originally Posted by Jaxonalden

Harry,
What I'm wondering; is the seal the culprit?

This is a very interesting question. Which came first the chicken or the egg?
It makes sense that once the seal start leaking that it deprives oil to the bearing which it's not suppose to be there in the first place. I have found on every car except the blown bearings that there was an abundance of oil behind the bearing. When you pull the bearing out you get about half a quart of oil gushing out from the shaft. I sill remember doing my first bearing and not realizing there was that much oil behind it. I had to change my pants. (oil soaked for those who might be thinking something else)
I think that when a bearing starts to fail, you will get some overheating and possibly minute vibrations that contribute to the leak.
IMO it is better to be safe then sorry, 9 times out of 10 the engine will destroy itself when the bearing goes, then its gets very expensive

[Jager]

Originally Posted by harryrcb

This is a very interesting question. Which came first the chicken or the egg?
It makes sense that once the seal start leaking that it deprives oil to the bearing which it's not suppose to be there in the first place. I have found on every car except the blown bearings that there was an abundance of oil behind the bearing. When you pull the bearing out you get about half a quart of oil gushing out from the shaft. I sill remember doing my first bearing and not realizing there was that much oil behind it. I had to change my pants. (oil soaked for those who might be thinking something else)
I think that when a bearing starts to fail, you will get some overheating and possibly minute vibrations that contribute to the leak.
IMO it is better to be safe then sorry, 9 times out of 10 the engine will destroy itself when the bearing goes, then its gets very expensive

Yep, it looks like this:

[Jaxonalden]

Originally Posted by Jager

Yep, it looks like this:

Kind of reminds me of my last colonoscopy.

[Jake Raby]

Harry, You FEAR MONGER! How dare you share this information and scare people!

This month is our two yearly IMS Retrofit Clinic here.. We do this in April and October each yard and this year I'd not dare post what we have found.

Being hated for telling the truth has to be a 21st century thing.. Its all supposed to be Unicorns and Rainbows, right?

[Bobiam]

Thanks for useful information, Harry. And thinks for taking the time to post it in multiple forums. There's a lot of owners out there that may not subscribe to this forum (although they should!).

Bob (with the new dashboard)

[Brad Roberts]

No it raises the question of what aspects of the LN bearing cause you to say it is the best when compared to other (and potentially cheaper) IMS bearing replacement kits being offered. There are now about 5 solutions being offered with more in development...

The cheaper versions are utilizing a cheaper bearing...

Ask around.. Once you find out "who" developed the Pelican bearing... you'll realize we have two reliable replacements. The rest will be "guesses" as to whether they last or not. I cant take the chance on a "cheaper" version.



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[Brad Roberts]

I *think* I'm up too 20+ failures. I have an assortment of bad IMS shafts sitting on a shelf.

I should post a pic!! LOL



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[harryrcb]

Originally Posted by Jaxonalden

Kind of reminds me of my last colonoscopy.

thanks for your reply, I needed a good laugh. BTW your not far off

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Harry, You FEAR MONGER! How dare you share this information and scare people!

This month is our two yearly IMS Retrofit Clinic here.. We do this in April and October each yard and this year I'd not dare post what we have found.

Being hated for telling the truth has to be a 21st century thing.. Its all supposed to be Unicorns and Rainbows, right?

Jake, tell me about it. I stayed out of it for a while but so many people just put their head in the sand and assume it doesn't apply to them. So I get bashed a lot,( as I know you and LN Eng do). One of forums took the post off completely saying that another member (supposedly not a sponsor) complained that I was promoting myself with the exact same post. Go figure.