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***Non-Turbo 996 owners - Please read - IMS DATA REQUIRED***

Gurmot said:
Date Registered: 05/07/2002
Mileage (now): 68,000
Bearing (orig/replacement): As far as I'm aware original
Comment: having an inspection at a local specialist in a couple weeks. They have already recommended replacing the IMS at a cost of £1300 plus vat.

Save your money. If you do decide you want to change a perfectly good bearing for an unknown one, the best replacement would be a standard off the shelf bearing for around £30 and to have the job done, budget around a few hours labour. Whoever quoted you £1300 + VAT is ripping you off with an inferior product, unless of course they're talking about removing the engine, stripping it and replacing the IMS assembly with the later 997.2 design shaft, in which case would be a bargain.
 
alex yates said:
Gurmot said:
Date Registered: 05/07/2002
Mileage (now): 68,000
Bearing (orig/replacement): As far as I'm aware original
Comment: having an inspection at a local specialist in a couple weeks. They have already recommended replacing the IMS at a cost of £1300 plus vat.

Save your money. If you do decide you want to change a perfectly good bearing for an unknown one, the best replacement would be a standard off the shelf bearing for around £30 and to have the job done, budget around a few hours labour. Whoever quoted you £1300 + VAT is ripping you off with an inferior product, unless of course they're talking about removing the engine, stripping it and replacing the IMS assembly with the later 997.2 design shaft, in which case would be a bargain.

They told me they would need to remove the engine but I didn't check on the extent of the work. I will ask before I do anything, and this thread has been enormously useful in helping me understand the issue and weigh up the probabilities of failure. The cost of failure is still unclear but if it could be £10k plus I may have the IMS sorted for peace of mind. I will chew it over.
 
Gurmot said:
Comment: having an inspection at a local specialist in a couple weeks. They have already recommended replacing the IMS at a cost of £1300 plus vat. Very interested in this thread as I am inclined to get it done but still not sure.

Gawd - how on earth can they diagnose the need for a (very overpriced) IMS bearing without inspecting the car?

(Welcome - nice to see you here BTW).
 
Chris_in_the_UK said:
Gurmot said:
Comment: having an inspection at a local specialist in a couple weeks. They have already recommended replacing the IMS at a cost of £1300 plus vat. Very interested in this thread as I am inclined to get it done but still not sure.

Gawd - how on earth can they diagnose the need for a (very overpriced) IMS bearing without inspecting the car?

They probably read Total911
 
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Chris_in_the_UK said:
Gurmot said:
Comment: having an inspection at a local specialist in a couple weeks. They have already recommended replacing the IMS at a cost of £1300 plus vat. Very interested in this thread as I am inclined to get it done but still not sure.

Gawd - how on earth can they diagnose the need for a (very overpriced) IMS bearing without inspecting the car?

(Welcome - nice to see you here BTW).

To be fair, I turned up without an appointment and one of the owners came and sat with me for 10 minutes to discuss my needs. I really wanted to book in for an inspection but I asked about IMS and then he gave me the info above. I told him I would discuss IMS with them again after the inspection. I asked about simply inspecting the IMS bearing and removing the seal and he said something about a weakness or problem with the IMS shaft which would only be addressed by an upgrade (all new to me).

I can only assume the work he was discussing was much more than simply replacing the bearing but I will report back when I know more.
 
How do people get tyres fitted as that's a good price?

The wheels are unmarked and I don't want some chimp scuffing them because I don't want the hassle of repair.
 
date inputted: 16/10/16
member: PandA996
model: 996 C2 Targa
engine size: 3.6
purchase date: 30/07/04
date registered: 29/11/02
mileage (at purchase): 5,000
mileage (now): 39,000
bearing (orig./replacement): Original
failure data (if applicable):
comment:
 
date input: 24/11/2016
member: maldren
model: 996.2 C2
engine size: 3.6
purchase date: 23/6/2016
date registered: 01/08/03
mileage (at purchase): 86,400
mileage (now): 90,100
bearing (orig./replacement): Replaced at service 84,030
failure data (if applicable): None
 
Since starting this thread back in March 2015 (nearly 2 years ago) there's not been one reported 996 ims bearing failure as far as I'm aware. On the other hand we have witnessed (correct me if I'm wrong) around 4 failures in 997s within that time period.

Not good for the 997.
 
Date input: 03/05/17
Member: JS1500
Model: 996.1 C4
Engine size: 3.4
Purchase date: 17/02/17
Date registered: 04/08/00
Mileage (at purchase): 103,000
Mileage (now): 104,100
Bearing (orig./replacement): Believed original
Failure data (if applicable): None
 
Date input: 04/05/17
Member: Peterg1955
Model: 996.2 C2 Manual
Engine size: 3.6
Purchase date: 22/04/17
Date registered: 03/07/02
Mileage (at purchase): 53,770
Mileage (now): 54,235
Bearing (orig./replacement): Believed original
Failure data (if applicable): None
 
Date input: 04/05/17
Member: Delanor
Model: 996.1 C2 manual
Engine size: 3.4
Purchase date: 14/06/15
Date registered: 01/08/98
Mileage (at purchase): 86,146
Mileage (now): 91,474
Bearing (orig./replacement): Believed original
Failure data (if applicable): None
Comment: Dual mass flywheel & clutch replaced at 86,146, IMS inspected & RMS replaced.
 
Date input: 21/06/2017
Member: bparry911
Model: 996.1 C4 manual
Engine size: 3.4
Purchase date: 08/05/2017
Date registered: January 1999
Mileage (at purchase): 53,471
Mileage (now): 54,150
Bearing (orig./replacement): Believed original
Failure data (if applicable): None
 
date inputted: 12/12/17
member: Brucky74
model: 996.2 Targa Tip
engine size: 3.6
purchase date: 02/02/17
date registered: 10/01/03
mileage (at purchase): 60000
mileage (now): 64000
bearing (orig./replacement): Original
failure data (if applicable):
comment: One owner car, confirmed original bearing
 

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