IMS bearing replacement tools, required?

[Jamesp]

I made my own puller and installation tools. As I had the engine out of the car, it was easy access so the tools worked. I did booger a bearing shield installing the new bearing and had to buy another new bearing. If I were working in a confined space, I'd buy the tools, the job is specialized enough to warrant that.

[DennisAN]

Originally Posted by Jamesp

I made my own puller and installation tools. As I had the engine out of the car, it was easy access so the tools worked. I did booger a bearing shield installing the new bearing and had to buy another new bearing. If I were working in a confined space, I'd buy the tools, the job is specialized enough to warrant that.

Your 2003 should have a single row IMSB. IIRC Raby's biggest difficulty was designing a puller to extract the dual row IMSB, which requires much more force to pull it out.

NOTE: the tool kit also includes the crank and cam locks, and the broken stud extractor tool. This hasn't been mentioned previously. The only suggestion I'd make is that LN could throw in the two bolts that are needed to put the cam locks into place. For the record you need bolts size M8 x 1.25 x 20.

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by DennisAN

Your 2003 should have a single row IMSB. IIRC Raby's biggest difficulty was designing a puller to extract the dual row IMSB, which requires much more force to pull it out.

NOTE: the tool kit also includes the crank and cam locks, and the broken stud extractor tool. This hasn't been mentioned previously. The only suggestion I'd make is that LN could throw in the two bolts that are needed to put the cam locks into place. For the record you need bolts size M8 x 1.25 x 20.

The only way to know for sure would be to try it out and beef it as the tool failed. The tool was on the third revision before the bearing pulled instead of the tool breaking pulling a single row bearing.

[78F350]

I used my IMS tool: "LN Engineering Engine Intermediate Shaft Bearing Tool Set 1060813" that I purchased on Amazon. I tried a few wrong ways first, then managed to successfully extract the bearing from my 'practice engine' and reinstall it.
I am wondering if my tool kit is actually a counterfeit. The box was sealed and had all of the correct labeling, but my cat can do better welds.


I'd have my cat repair it, but even with the welds broken, it worked fine.

I suppose that to a counterfeiter it actually is just $20 in metal chunks.

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by 78F350

I used my IMS tool: "LN Engineering Engine Intermediate Shaft Bearing Tool Set 1060813" that I purchased on Amazon. I tried a few wrong ways first, then managed to successfully extract the bearing from my 'practice engine' and reinstall it.
I am wondering if my tool kit is actually a counterfeit. The box was sealed and had all of the correct labeling, but my cat can do better welds.


I'd have my cat repair it, but even with the welds broken, it worked fine.

I suppose that to a counterfeiter it actually is just $20 in metal chunks.

This part of the puller has no load during extraction, in fact, the load holds these pieces together.. How did it break?

It may not be real, hard to say, most everything we've done has been ripped off at this point. I just had to file another Patent application today.

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

This part of the puller has no load during extraction, in fact, the load holds these pieces together.. How did it break?.

It was actually after the extraction that the weld broke. The bearing was jammed in the end of the tube by the remnants of the dual-bearing locking ring. I gave it a couple whacks with the handle of a 1/2" ratchet. The bearing came out one end and the end came off the other.

Even with that glitch, the tools worked well despite my slight variations from the correct procedure.

There are two different sets of directions between the Pelican DIY and the Bentley Video. I reviewed both, and made some unintelligible notes. To make matters worse I had the engine upside-down on my engine stand, so left was right and down was up. In the end, it all worked out and I'm ready-to-go on my good engine tomorrow with a better understanding and the new bearing in the freezer overnight.

Mr Raby, If you ever need anyone to test if a procedure is fool proof, just pm me.

[Jake Raby]

Odd, but glad to see that the tool did the job that I intended it to do. When developing that extractor I have about 15 different prototypes, this version is the simplest and easiest to use.