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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
Funny bit is I was picking up parts at my local Porsche dealer and a tech was replacing a leaking IMS flange (common on early models, Porshe released a second design with better lip seals), and I looked at what he was using: a cheap deep socket with the business end turned down slightly on a lathe, center drilled out, and a nut welded on the back of it. A $10 functional replacement for the $400 factory tool...................
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I love stuff like that. Forum member Grant fabricated an IMS bearing extractor and installer out of exhaust pipe! Adapt, improvise, overcome... oorah! A friend of mine who's a metal fabricator eyeballed LN's Pro kit and said, "Yeah, it wouldn't be too tough to make this stuff." Of course, he has lathes and all sorts of sophisticated tools. Too bad he's in Canada or I would've called on him to help me modify the socket.
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