Autopsy of a "good" IMS bearing

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Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Glad to see this autopsy done. This is what we do with the bearings that are extracted, and its how we have gathered so much trend data.

When people have an IMSR carried out and they say "I felt the bearing and it was fine, I changed it for no reason", I just shake my head and ask them if they cut the bearing apart. The answer is always no.

If they did, they'd find something resembling what is detailed in this post. Judging a book by its cover has never been a good idea.

Well not everyone says "no" . However I will go back over it and look again with stronger magnification. Mine though was double row, very low failure rate.