IMS Fix

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by maytag

this seems like the right place to try to stir-up the hornet's nest.

As some of you may've noticed, I'm elbow-deep in a clutch job. I decided to do the IMS while I was in here, but now I'm 2nd-guessing myself. Help me think this through, will ya? haha

My car is an '03 S, with 148k miles on it. OF which I've only done about 2000 since acquiring it in March this year. I have no history on the car prior to my ownership. So without having so much as a hint of anything wrong with the IMS, I'm hesitant to throw another $800 into this project-creep that I have going on here.

I've found on Pelican's site, an IMS "update kit" for either single or dual row, priced at $189.. https://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=PEL-IMS-1&SuperCat=Y&SVSVSI=1052&catalog_description=Pelican%20Parts%20M%39%36%20In termediate%20Shaft%20Bearing%20%28IMS%29%20Update% 20Kit%2C%20for%20either%20Single%20or%20Dual%20Row %20IMS%20Bearing%2E

Does anyone have any experience with this? IS this a "good enough" option for u purposes?

The Pelican kit is simply a new OEM style bearing, so if you were worried about your factory bearing, you can also worry about this one as it is no different.

Considering the effort it takes to do the retrofit, why not use something better than you took out...…………...