Marc Gelefsky

Well, I guess it's a mod right?

Anyways, had the oil leak and was thinking it was just the RMS..yet.... I had a bad feeling.
Dropped the car off to Rich at ROCS for a LN IMS Bearing retrofit, Clutch..etc...

When he pulled it apart it was indeed the IMS leaking... but everythng looked ok!

Should be ready to pick up by later today.

Divot

Well played, sir.

I wish the IMS failure always had an oil leak as a tell-tale warning. I'm holding out for my clutch replacement and keeping my fingers crossed.

chsu74

so clean you can eat off it.. nice. How much did he charge?

ivangene

David, my old car in the same boat....130k miles and that darn clutch just keeps holding on...

Marc, that "bad feeling" is gone now

soverystout

That's the next mod coming up for me also.

I have no leak and I had the clutch and RMS replaced under CPO warranty just 5k miles ago. Now that the CPO is expired, it's not as comfortable flying without some type of "insurance".

I have wondered what would happen if my indie hands me a perfect condition OEM IMS bearing and a $2300 bill. I'll find out soon enough.

Marc, do you mind telling me how much this cost you? You can PM me if you would rather not post. Being from the same region, I am curious.

Thanks,

Jim

Marc Gelefsky

Nah, I always have a "bad feeling"

Seriously, It is a good feeling to have this done.
Ready for a high speed run to Hershey!

ivangene

how many miles on her - oh and if you want, I will offer the clean and photo shoot for you...

Marc Gelefsky

60K miles.

Optical TDI

I too am interested in the cost.

Marc Gelefsky

Guys, The bearing for the 3.6 is $519 from LNE, I think cost depends on where you live and who does your work. I would expect to pay between 2500-3000 for a job like this.
I have found my shops charges to be very fair.

I do not have my final bill yet as I have not picked up my car.

Ray S

How did the bearing itself look Marc? Were the bearings in good condition? Was there any excessive play in the movement? How many miles on your car?

Marc Gelefsky

Ray, Am told there was no exceesive play, bearings were fine and no "debris" to be found.
My car has around 60K miles on it. I will try to get some pics of the bearing.

Ahmet

Just pulled a 46k mile bearing, literally perfect shape. However, if somebody local has to have the replacement, I'd do the labor for roughly half what's quoted.

Ray S

That sounds like my 996 bearing. I changed mine at 50k miles and it looked brand new.

Obviously some people have had issues with failure, but the other side to that coin is an even greater number of those parts are just fine.

I'm glad I changed it, but I think there is more than a little bit of internet hysteria surrounding this problem also.

kent

woow, that is a very good price