[Bowers Bum]

Hi All,

I have a 997S that was built in June or July of 2005. About 40K miles on the car at this point. I'm not absolutely sure which IMS is in the car although I believe 2005 was a transition year for it and that probably it has the larger non-removable bearing as it was built almost at the end of the production year. I asked the head tech at a large Porsche dealer whether he had ever seen a car with the larger IMS fail and he said he had not. I would appreciate the collective experience of the group with this question also - and also if failures of the larger bearing are indeed that rare, whether I should just have the Direct Oil Feed (from Pedro's Garage) installed without a new bearing as a preventive measure. Or just have the seal removed.

Thanks in advance for any opinions or experience with this issue.