Replacing IMS with Original bearing

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Originally Posted by JFP in PA

First of all, if you go to Porsche, all you can buy in the “final solution” IMS shaft with the bearing already in it; this is the unit you have to disassemble the engine to install. And it is expensive as Hell, more than twice the cost of an LN update unit……. Your only alternative here is the OEM style replacement Wayne has developed, but it is my understanding that he will be recommending replacing it every 30K miles, which will rapidly escalate its “cost of ownership” way outside that of the LN unit.

Regardless of the bearing materials, ceramic hybrid or steel, when the bearing starts to go, there will still be a ton of ferrous debris circulating in the engine; so the Guardian will function as designed.

Love it when the answers are spot on. Thanks JFP.