IMSB - Did I Dodge A Bullet

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I've installed this product in my engine. The groove is only 0.005" deep and the shaft they supply is definitely forged. I drilled the hole since my shaft was on the bench. No way in hell was I going to use a punch.

No one to my knowledge has ever put any verifiable facts on the table to prove their 'forced' lubrication approaches last measurably longer than LNE bearings in real world applications. So it doesn't matter what one believes. It's all just marketing puffery until someone puts serious money on the table in terms of a warranty to back up their claims.

No one has to prove their product is superior to the LN product. They only have to show that it's better than the POS the factory put in. That's going to be pretty easy.

EPS does in fact warrant their bearing for five years. That said, that is a warranty on the bearing only (same as the LN warranty). It would be insanity to expect a manufacturer to warrant your entire engine/driving experience on a bearing that leaves their facility and installed by someone else. Not ever going to happen.

I've mentioned elsewhere that EPS are not idiots. If you have a Cayenne, Q7, Touareg you will eventually come to know their product for your center shaft bearing. It is a more elegant and far cheaper fix than the factory design.

[Jamesp]

Well, to be straight up about it, this idea relies on unfiltered oil which directs any particulate contamination directly through the roller bearing. This is why I didn't pursue it on my engine after I thought of it, even with a ball bearing. Particulate contamination is a major cause of cascading bearing failure which is why its not uncommon to see a certian organization request their products not be used in IMS failure recovery cases. With this setup I'd definitely run a better filter than stock and neodymium magnets on the filter and on the oil pan particularly under the oil pickup.