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Originally Posted by LoneWolfGal
I was very interested in the EPS roller bearing system for a while, until forum Porsche guru JFP in PA pointed out that the oiling system they devised for the bearing, i.e., poking a hole in the oil pump and directing the oil flow to the bearing through the hollow center of the intermediate shaft, was a flawed design. As folks here can bear witness, I went through many stages of understanding before I finally chose an IMS bearing. Although I argued and fought against it because of the cost, ultimately I realized that LN Engineering's IMS Solution was far and away the best design and the only permanent solution. It has neither ball nor roller bearings, both of which will eventually fail, and it supplies fresh, filtered oil to the bushing-like bearing. Its inventor, Jake Raby, has a number of videos about the Solution. I recommend that you watch a few. Due to JFP's and Jake's irrefutable logic, this hardheaded holdout became a convert.
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I agree. But the oiling system they made for it is totally uneccassary, they also say so themselves. I am installing only the bearing, lubed by oil in crankshaft like any open bearing. The ims solution looks very good, and the LN ceramic bearings also. If you are in the US especially. I know them well, as I have read all IMS related posts on both this forum and boxa.net. truth be told, during last 5 years i have read all posts on this subforum back to its beginning
I considered LN but, over here in Europe i could not find a single vendor that sold LN bearing in a webshop, and the company listed as importer did not have a webshop, nor did they answer email. Further, no LN certified installers in my country. So LN seems to be a US thing. Further, Bad exchange rate from strong USD to weak NOK at the time + 25% VAT made the LN products very, very expensive. The EPS bearing on the other hand was available via UK webshop and ready to ship instantly. I have the bearing already, and give it to the workshop upon car delivery.
But back to the posts Main issue, cannot the type of original bearing be identified?