Which IMS bearing upgrade

[paolodiquigley]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

To date no UK installers have cared enough about being properly trained to travel to my M96 Engine Rebuild classes, or the IMS Retrofit Academy. Without making this trip, we can't select a Certified Installer to begin the evaluation process. Due to this there are no UK Certified Installers.

The band wagon, IMS copy cats are taking themselves out fairly quickly.

This does explain why the few I've phoned nearby to me in Essex don't stock any ln bearings, just order them in when needed. So I assume that means work on my car, find out which version I need then order it in. Just means I will be without the car for however long that takes. The clutch has never been done and had 81000 miles on it so would I be right to have that done? I can't feel anything wrong with the current clutch but I've only had the car a couple of weeks so it's hard to compare to a new one. Really just having it done due to the mileage. Is this a course of action others would take?

[pony13ca]

Originally Posted by paolodiquigley

This does explain why the few I've phoned nearby to me in Essex don't stock any ln bearings, just order them in when needed. So I assume that means work on my car, find out which version I need then order it in. Just means I will be without the car for however long that takes. The clutch has never been done and had 81000 miles on it so would I be right to have that done? I can't feel anything wrong with the current clutch but I've only had the car a couple of weeks so it's hard to compare to a new one. Really just having it done due to the mileage. Is this a course of action others would take?

My clutch just recently failed at around the same mileage. It felt completely normal, one minute, a little grabby, on the next change, and completely gone, with in 15 minutes. I took the car to an indie, listed on the LN website, and had the LN retrofit, clutch, RMS, and slave cylinder done. Feels like a new car now!!

[Perfectlap]

Check your local UK Porsche magazines like Total911 and Purely Porsche and check to see if perhaps some back issues discuss the IMS swap. Then do some research on the Porsche forums like Rennlist to see if there are members who can vouch for the shop.
These magazines often feature shops that work on on those cars with the steering wheel on the wrong side.

p.s.
I would be hesitant to go to a shop that didn't stock the right kind of IMS bearing.
The IMS swap has become a fairly routine part of clutch replacement.