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Brian Minson 05-04-2020 10:13 AM

LN Engineering IMSB
 
While tearing down the 3.2 out of the Budget Boxster I noticed someone at some point in time had installed an LN Engineering IMSB. I was wondering if I could pull and reuse it in the current engine that is in the Boxster?

Brian :)

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Deserion 05-04-2020 10:42 AM

So you didn’t actually pull the IMS bearing. but can just lift the complete shaft out? Not sure if it can be reused as removing the bearing from the shaft effectively damages it.

mikefocke 05-04-2020 02:01 PM

Ask LN, bet they say no. And not for financial reasons but from damage pulling it.

JFP in PA 05-04-2020 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Minson (Post 616445)
While tearing down the 3.2 out of the Budget Boxster I noticed someone at some point in time had installed an LN Engineering IMSB. I was wondering if I could pull and reuse it in the current engine that is in the Boxster?

Brian :)

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads02...1588616022.jpg

Extracting the bearing will damage the cages and possibly the balls as well, which will lead to premature failure, and which is why you should never reuse an extracted bearing.

The ONLY retrofit that is known to be reusable is the IMS Solution, because it has no moving parts.

Homeoboxter 05-04-2020 06:57 PM

If you sacrifice the shaft and cut it in halves you can press it out using a tool that sits on the outer ring of the bearing. This way it won`t get damaged. The shaft is worth more than that bearing though.


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