Another IMS bearing thread

[thom4782]

Charles and Jake:

Wow, I just saw your Gen 2 page on the IMS Retrofit website and I’m blown away. It's the most innovative IMSB advance I’ve seen since you guys released the IMS Solution. Most importantly, Gen 2’s angular, dual row design directly takes on and solves the single row’s thrust and radial load carrying capacity problem that I’ve been calling to attention of forum readers for some time now.

Thom

PS: How does Gen 2's price point compare to the IMS Solution and the original single row Retrofit?

[Jamesp]

Interesting, The bearing looks wider than a single row. Does the outer bearing shell stand proud of the IMS shaft?

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

Interesting, The bearing looks wider than a single row. Does the outer bearing shell stand proud of the IMS shaft?

No, watch the video and you'll see that the custom dual row bearing fits flush with the end of the IMS bearing housing.

Accomplishing this was far from easy, in many ways this development offered more challenges than the IMS Solution did.

The magic comes from The Faultless Tool..

[Walter White]

Do you cut a new groove in the IM shaft for the lock wire?

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by Walter White

Do you cut a new groove in the IM shaft for the lock wire?

Nope, and totally un-necessary. The position of the groove and the diameter, tension and design of the internal wire lock were all developed to specifically park in the optimum position for bearing retention. The Dual Row bearing when properly fitted to the Single Row shaft requires exceptional force to remove, which can only be accomplished with the Faultless Tool which provides support at both the IMS flange and the bell house equally.

No machining necessary, this is a total in-car retrofit when utilizing the Faultless tool. Thats why its an entire retrofit system.

[Jake Raby]

Thom4782,

The Gen 2 arrangement is priced at 799.00, whereas the IMS Solution is 1759.00. The Faultless installation tool thats required to fit the Gen 2 dual row bearing into a single row shaft is a very high quality piece thats built like a Panzer and that cost 729.00.

The good news is the Faultless tool will last for thousands of installs, so while it is costly, people will love to add it to their tool box, because of what it does and how awesome it is, carrying out extractions and installations of all IMS Bearing technologies developed by our group.

With the Single Row Pro bearing kit, the challenge of fitting a dual row IMS Bearing to a single row shaft is no longer a mystery.

While the Gen 2 will never offer the same characteristics as the IMS Solution, it's 1,000.00 price point difference will bridge the gap in regard to more load carrying capacity at a much lesser cost. The IMS Solution remains king of the IMS game for those who have the money.

Two Rows Are Better Than One.