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Originally Posted by sigma1525 View Post
I replaced the IMS bearing on my 2002 Boxster with a dual row LM bearing at 51,000 miles and it failed 55,000 miles.
Such a bearing may "fail" in 4k miles, but it seems suspicious as such a failure would likely be nothing more than a bit of noise. That is, catastrophic bearing failure (rolling elements) requires a lot of cycles.

Also, 4 posts?

hmmm.
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