Another IMS question

[3.2S]

I posted this on the Pelican site and thought I'd throw it here too. I wondering what the consensus is on the IMS bearing. I have a near perfect bearing in my S. I pulled the seal and looked like motor oil came out in good condition. I'm thinking to leave the the outer seal off and button it up. Any thoughts? I won't put 6,000 miles a year on the car.

[mikefocke]

Actually low miles is thought bad for the IMS. Low miles either means short trips (= contaminated oil) or long intervals of non-use which means the oil drains out and the bearing starts dry.

With the 3.2 you have the least good IMSB.

So once you are in there, why reuse a known weak part? Why not use one that can sustain more of the worst conditions?

[DFW02S]

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