Worth it to 'check' IMS bearing during clutch? Clutch recommendations?

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

...The bearing engineer hired by Jake and Charles during their development of the ceramic hybrid bearing basically indicated that a roller bearing offered no advantages over a ball bearing design in this application, and could have limitations, which is why they went with the ceramic ball design rather than a roller design.
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LN actually makes a roller bearing for the IMS, which is used pretty much exclusively by engine rebuilder RND out of Atlanta.
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So their engineer says a roller bearing has "no advantage" and could "have limitations", yet LN still sells a roller bearing?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

So their engineer says a roller bearing has "no advantage" and could "have limitations", yet LN still sells a roller bearing?

LN produced it at the request of a client who buys a lot of them and likes to be different; LN also makes the single row steel IMS retrofit that Pelican sells, but that doesn't mean they endorse or support either product, they just supply them.

[piper6909]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

LN produced it at the request of a client who buys a lot of them and likes to be different; LN also makes the single row steel IMS retrofit that Pelican sells, but that doesn't mean they endorse or support either product, they just supply them.

Let's be clear on the terminology, because it matters. Does LN "produce" or "make" the bearings themselves or do they source them out and re-sell?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by piper6909

Let's be clear on the terminology, because it matters. Does LN "produce" or "make" the bearings themselves or do they source them out and re-sell?

LN has the ceramic hybrid bearing produced to their specifications, everything else in the kits are produced at their machine shop. The IMS Solution is done completely in house. I've never inquired about the roller bearings, as I had no interest in them. The Pelican kit is just the OEM single row bearing, with some additional bits LN makes for the kits, which are to Pelican's specification.