CDLVancouver

quite the difference between this and krazy's under...
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DreamCarrera

+1

I'd probably go Krazy myself if I spent that much time cleaning my undercarriage.





Note to the comically challenged among us: This is my lame a$$ attempt at a joke...

zabuch

Clean under motor,first make sure,if so do ims,rms,aos ,at the same time

KrazyK

I think he lost interest or it blew up.

alpine003

Either that or he's gonna wipe it off and sell it to Carmax.

pewX3

Just been busy. Going to have the car towed to a shop and do the clutch, RMS, and IMS.

Hopefully I can get that ball rolling this week! We'll see what the doctor says.

Also was considering the IMS Solution, but it looks like it will be awhile before there are qualified shops allowed to install it.

pewX3

Update!

Car came back with a clean bill of health.

The shop did the following:
-RMS replacement
-LN IMS replacement
-Clutch

Some other misc. things as well.

The clutch looked to have about 40% life left on it. The clutch engagement is now lower and makes it easier to drive.

The RMS (per the shop) looked to be the original RMS. So it was having a slow leak/weep. The culprit of my concerns.

The original IMS looked to be in good shape. No play in at all. I'll snap some pictures later and post them up. (What's amazing is the amount of OEM IMS bearings that was on the desk that customers had swapped out.) The oil filter was checked, and no metal was seen in there by the mechanic.

Thanks to everyone for their input.

Flat6 Innovations

Please cut that bearing apart, you cannot judge these bearings without doing so.

Also, all those bearings should not be on his desk they should be logged into the LN system because without doing so the owners of those cars that have been retrofitted have zero warranty.

Glad to see this one end on a positive note, you did the right thing.

dwebb944t

Just curious what that warranty might be because I couldn't find it on your site. Actually I found a statement saying there isn't a warranty... I can see why you want to get the original bearing back for research but I don't see the benefit to the purchaser. Am I missing something?

Flat6 Innovations

You have my company confused with LN Engineering who provides the bearings. I developed te procedures for retrofit and the tools. We also carry out retrofits but we do not sell bearings.
We do not offer a warranty, but LN does. The info is on the LN site and is included with your bearing kit.
We don't sell very much, we create things and that's all I care about :-)

KrazyK

And, Im glad you got it fixed but I feel like we were robbed without more pics.

pewX3

When you say "cut the bearing apart" are you saying to remove the "seal" from the bearing? If so, what's the recommended way to do this?

Flat6 Innovations

No, cut the bearing apart physically. Like this one that was worn at 14K miles but had not began to spall yet. The wear had to be measured at this stage but it still existed.





Leaving the bearing together keeps oil inside the clearances and makes the bearing feel good.. Wash the oil out with solvent and a big difference occurs, cut it apart and then you really see the effects.

pewX3

Took some quick pictures of my bearing. One thing I noticed is that it's made in Poland! Based on another thread I read, that's the "made in ..." location for the bearing which you don't want! So even more of the percentages were against me even more. (would have pref'd a Japan or German one based on the other thread)

Here are some pictures. Not quite sure how to cut the bearing open as I don't have a bandsaw or anything like that.

Here are some pictures:

KrazyK

If you dont want to cut it open, just pry the seals off so we can look inside, please!