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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
Hate to be the one to tell you this, but by pulling on the existing IMS bearing in the manner(s) shown in your video, you have most likely damaged both the ball bearings and their cages, which will lead to a quick and catastrophic failure down the road.
All of the knowledgeable IMS retrofit companies will tell you to never reuse an IMS bearing after is has been extracted, or attempted to extract, for this exact reason. Once it is stressed and loaded, it has to come out and be replaced.
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I am not stressed about it. The bearing was in perfect condition, and I will be replacing it in the next couple of months anyway. I am happy that it will last long enough to get the proper extraction tool.
People freak out about these bearings and if I wasn't doing videos, I would have just left it in there and not touched it.
Jeff