Originally Posted by RollingArt

I think all the pro shops that are making a living off the IMS issue would disagree with what you've posted. Where do you come up with this stuff? Do you pull rabbits out of a hat also?

Originally Posted by jkw911

From a professional race team that I crew for that has rebuilt thousands of motors.

Originally Posted by jkw911

Just to clarify some of the misinformation on the IMS bearing. It is a sealed self-lubricated bearing and does not fail due to contaminated/improper lubrication or insufficient lubrication......In the IMS case when the stud on the end of the IMS shaft is missing the IMS bearing acts as a centering device for the shaft and the bearing takes on lateral loads it is not designed to handle.