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Old 05-03-2011, 07:03 PM   #56
Jager
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Originally Posted by thstone
Super post! Really enjoyed it. Excellent job!

Now, the real question is why this bearing was generally ok (not perfect but still working fine) after 210,000 miles when others fail at 1/10th of that mileage?

Thanks thstone

I would like to go back to the photo I took of inside the IMS. Per Porsche’s design of a sealed IMS bearing, oil inside the IMS is not per design correct? I wonder what Porsche’s forecast was on IMS bearing life if it maintained the grease seal?

I drive my car every day to/from work, and short trips on the weekends, averaging somewhere between 60 to 70 miles a day. With this amount of driving I’m sure my IMS bearing was maintaining a coat of motor oil keeping me off the IMS failure list.

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