Replacing IMS with Original bearing

[mikefocke]

Hartech in England is doing original material IMS bearings but removing the inner seal so the method of lubrication is the same as the LN bearing. Installation difficulty/risk the same. Probably much better materials in the LN bearing.

For now Charles is being cautious on any claims of longevity until there are more high mileage examples of the replaced LN bearing returned to he (and Ed, the bearing engineer) for analysis. Their expectation is the longevity will be actually much longer than the 30k. But until the sample gets big enough and the analysis is done, who can be sure.

There is wear and failure in every rotating part. Some fail earlier than others, some later.

[Bala]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

Their expectation is the longevity will be actually much longer than the 30k. But until the sample gets big enough and the analysis is done, who can be sure.

There is wear and failure in every rotating part. Some fail earlier than others, some later.

Exactly! I would love to put the LN one and be done with it. The 600 bucks is not my concern. I'll still not be at peace unless I put the Guardian to watch over me! So, with the LN really not proven statistically or otherwise I think it's the same risk as the original bearings. At least at this time.

Checked Hartech website and didn't see anything on the IMS bearing. So, sent them an email.

Let's see where all this ends. Maybe when I drop the tranny I'll find that the PO replaced my IMS bearing with a one made of diamonds! Would that reduce the failure rate? Well at least my wife can have a necklace out of the debris!!!