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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: IMS Bearing Replacement on Luck's 986.

Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:27 PM

The victim:

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:29 PM

Assume the position, the service position:

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:32 PM

914ish:

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:33 PM

Muffler out. That was one of the more challenging parts of the disassembly.

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:35 PM

Tranny out:

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:36 PM

Bearing coming out:

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 08:40 PM

New bearing in.

I'm waiting on the clutch kit and flywheel bolts in UPS tomorrow.

More to follow. All 986s built between 1997 and 2005 need this retrofit. I'm going after this market.

$2000 each, including the bearing for a manual transmission Boxster.

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Posted by: Jake Raby Apr 4 2011, 08:41 PM

Guess who designed that tool you are using :-)
And perfected the extraction process too!
have fun.

Posted by: T H O M A S Apr 4 2011, 08:58 PM

i am going to do the same thing next weekend,are you changing the RMS too?

Posted by: jim_hoyland Apr 4 2011, 08:59 PM

Nice pics Joe; what is the problem with the IMS bearing and what does one see whan it goes bad ?

I picked up a low milage '98 986 last year, currentlu 45K miles. Curious as to what to expect.

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Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 09:06 PM

QUOTE(T H O M A S @ Apr 4 2011, 10:58 PM)

i am going to do the same thing next weekend,are you changing the RMS too?

RMS was dry and clean. And, I don't have the tool yet. So, no.

Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 09:07 PM

QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Apr 4 2011, 10:59 PM)

Nice pics Joe; what is the problem with the IMS bearing and what does one see whan it goes bad ?

I picked up a low milage '98 986 last year, currentlu 45K miles. Curious as to what to expect.

Buy the kit and do the change. The failure numbers are too high.

Posted by: biosurfer1 Apr 4 2011, 09:27 PM

How long did the change out take and how much time do you think you'll knock off once you've done it a couple times?

Posted by: Series9 Apr 4 2011, 09:39 PM

QUOTE(biosurfer1 @ Apr 4 2011, 11:27 PM)

How long did the change out take and how much time do you think you'll knock off once you've done it a couple times?

It's a two-day project. A one-day delivery is certainly possible, but I'll need some more experience.

I've already decided that a manual-transmission 986 will be $2000, LNE bearing included. The Tiptronic will probably be more, but I won't know how much more until I do one. The first one will be $2000, too. I'll need the experience first.

Clutch and RMS are extra.