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I've looked at your website and all the requirements involved that the qualified shop has to do when they replace the IMS, send in old bearing, sample of oil, etc. What does your warranty really cover? Seems only top grade 996s would be granted a warranty under your system. But what is the warranty? I'm in the hunt for a 996 and will prob get the IMS done
What I look for is if the pre-qualification procedure is followed and the installation is properly registered, including sending the original bearing.
The warranty is a parts only warranty, like every aftermarket or OEM part. Where having a shop do the installation provides an extra layer of protection is that depending on the shop, they will provide a labor warranty. Shops that buy from SSF Auto Parts for example get a 2 year/24k mile parts/labor warranty on most everything they purchase.
That said, like I mentioned on another thread in response to another member's question, there have been no failures of the Single Row Pro, Classic Dual, or any IMS Solution product. The best warranty is one you don't need to use.
What I look for is if the pre-qualification procedure is followed and the installation is properly registered, including sending the original bearing.
The warranty is a parts only warranty, like every aftermarket or OEM part. Where having a shop do the installation provides an extra layer of protection is that depending on the shop, they will provide a labor warranty. Shops that buy from SSF Auto Parts for example get a 2 year/24k mile parts/labor warranty on most everything they purchase.
That said, like I mentioned on another thread in response to another member's question, there have been no failures of the Single Row Pro, Classic Dual, or any IMS Solution product. The best warranty is one you don't need to use.
Charles thanks for clarifying that...In the end part & labor warranty would amount to nothing if the engine failed, its a good thing there's been no failures ...Good to know
Price is $629.51 as of last July. Here are some pictures of the kit as well. There are no service bulletins with instructions, tools required, or recommended service interval that anyone can find. I guess they are expecting dealerships to just use the IMS Pro Tool kits they have used the last 10 years with the procedure we developed :-)
I would like to point out the date of manufacture on the labels. Bearings are from 2013 and the flange is from 2014. There are a few theories floating around. The most plausible is they came up with the kit thinking that the class action suit may result in their having to replace IMS bearings through some sort of recall. The kits themselves have a date stamp of 6/30/2017, so they were not kitted and ready for sale until this year.
It is reassuring that their engineers came up with the same answer we did going with a ceramic hybrid bearing and that they still believe lubrication is not a problem since they still are including a grease seal on the bearing.
Spoke with Luke at Sunset Porsche and he said that Porsche has these parts on a 'restriction block'. I am not sure you can even buy these.
Spoke with Luke at Sunset Porsche and he said that Porsche has these parts on a 'restriction block'. I am not sure you can even buy these.
The "restriction block" usually means the part is in limited supply and that Porsche wants to control the limited inventory. Basically to keep some of the high volume supplyers from ordering a large quantity and leaving other small volume dealers from having access, so they are "restricted" to "special case ordering". The parts manager would have to place a special request and possibly provide a RO number and VIN number to order.
Trying to avoid getting into the above back & forth but I was recently at St Louis Porsche (Indigo group) for a state safety/emissions inspection and I asked the service advisor about IMS replacement. He told me that while Porsche has their own kit now they use LNE kits. He stated that the Porsche kit might have the same issues as the original IMSB as Charles wrote. Says something to me that they prefer LNE over Porsche.
I called a friend in Stuttgart. They are available in Germany 401 Euro plus 19%. Flange another 82 Euro plus 19%. Do your own local currency conversions.
03-02-2018 | 02:07 PM
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