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IMS bearing change in the 987
If you follow some of the chatter from LN engineering, they've posted that some 05 987's have had the larger bearing when they've attempted to do the change out. IIRC, the design change was supposed to be implemented in October 05, but it sounds like you won't know which one you have until you drop the tranny/clutch and can eyeball the OD of the bearing shaft--OR--if you get a very early 05.
What that says to me is that buying an 05 because it may have the smaller IMS bearing could be a crapshoot. FWIW, I know of 2 PCA instructors with 05 S's --each with over 100k and many DE's on them--still going strong on the original motor and IMS bearing.
Best of luck with it.
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