which ims bearing upgrade

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by boxster

I know I might sound stupid and that this has been discussed many times, but what about the ims retrofit bearing together with the oil fed flange from the ims solution? I know you obviously thought about this,but why is it better to run the retrofit on splash oil, would more oil do it more harm than good?

The LN bearing is designed to work without an oil feed system, and the flange from the IMS Solution will not fit with any ball bearing unit, it is designed to only be used with the Solution solid bearing.

[Luv2Box]

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[boxster]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

The LN bearing is designed to work without an oil feed system, and the flange from the IMS Solution will not fit with any ball bearing unit, it is designed to only be used with the Solution solid bearing.

Oh ok. But my question is, what will happen if you add something similar to the retrofit bearing, will more oil end up doing any harm to it? I'm asking because I was always under the impression that any rotating part works better when it has oil being fed to it. Are ceramic bearing that much different to steel bearings in that just splash oil will do?
What would be the results if you had to compare a normal retrofit installation compared to one that is fed oil, which one would last longest? Most probably Jake has gone through this already,just curious to know what the results will be.

[BoxsterSteve]

I have only one comment here...
Don't overthink this.
The LN dual row bearing was designed to work in its intended environment.
Added "improvements" are unnecessary.
You can heed the advice of JFP and Jake Raby, they know what they are doing...
So maybe that was more than one comment, but I was on a roll.