Porsche IMS bearing failure information

http://www.lnengineering.com/ims.html

This is why I didn't buy my wife a Boxer. It's a $10,000 fix if you can't do it yourself, kind of outweighs the value of most of these cars now!

Or use my IMS Guardian product.. Installs in two hours, no special tools required.
I assisted LN with the design and testing of the IMSR, that puller pictured was Raby designed!

See this months Excellence Magazine Tech Forum on page 131 for all the scoop on the IMS Guardian...

Jake, Using your IMS Guardian.... the motor in or out to do this ?

Yeah, Raby, in or out of the car? Very cool...

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I saw this done on a 911 last year at a tech session. Engine was in the car. Whole process was pretty straightforward. The mechanic that was doing the tech session said the whole process usually runs about $3K. That includes the bearing fix + while you're in there things. I think the LN parts were only few hunder bucks. Cheap insurance. I think you need a certified installer for the LN warranty, but it is something you could do at home if you have a lift.

Cheap insurance-assuming the ceramic bearing fixes the problem.
I wonder how these replacement bearings are stacking up as the mileage accrues and also wonder why the engineering might of Suttgart didn't come up with such a solution.
I have been told (so I haven't verified as yet) that Porsche scrapped the intermediate shaft altogether in its latest redesign of the motor. Anyone able to comment knowledgibly on this ?
I bailed out of my Boxster after 3 months of ownership during which time the coolant reservoir exploded, window electrics played up and the Tiptronic (new) started shifting in the wrong "map".
Never so happy to be rid of a Porsche.Traded it for a 356 B and came out well ahead.

Did some research-apparently Porsche abandoned the IMS design in the 2009, direct injection engines.

What exactly is it and why such a poor design with what seems no testing before public release??

I believe that much of Porsche's mechanical failures is attributable to poor materials engineering and processing. They also had a lot of cylinder failures; the "D-chunk" failure. Do some research. I believe there is an illustated thread on this and other failures on the Pelican web-site forum. (I believe Jake Raby has actually done factory rebuilds to repair some of Porsche mistakes.) I always felt that spending this much money on a performance car would buy you superb engineering, not just a reliance on a name. My nephew took back his brand new Cayenne S within the first year due to a myriad of problems-he used the "lemon law" and the dealer had to take it back. Sad.
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(If you have a potential/foreseeable problem with your Porsche I would definitely be talking to Jake...but that's ME.)