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Message: Re: Just out of curiousity..

Changed By: Jake Raby
Change Date: January 23, 2013 07:22PM

Re: Just out of curiousity..
Inspection is not necessary as there are no "wear parts" like there are with the ball bearing. With the IMS Solution the only thing that would ever wear is the bushing. Unlike a ball bearing, if the bushing wears nothing breaks, the engine only picks up a noise and continues to run just fine. When we purposely created wear the noise was just there all the time and sounded like an old chevy with bad cam bearings. It didn't get any worse and it never broke; valves remained controlled and there were no timing deviations and no foreign object debris levels that were elevated.

The process of IMS Solution installation requires the same tool kit as the standard IMSR kit. These kits are only being sold for professional installation this time around, I have integrated the IMS Solution retrofit into my WTI training course and will instruct 600 technicians all over North America how to install it this year. We also plan webinars for installers so we do not have issues where improper assembly is a possibility. While the install process remains simple, there are no margins for error with the IMS Solution.

Thats why the installs are only being carried out at my facility now, we must ensure the first purchasers of this technology have a flawless experience, so the same hands that has done all the development work on the arrangement from day one are carrying out these installs. This is not designed to be a DIY job and support for DIY efforts will not exist.
The process of IMS Solution installation requires the same tool kit as the standard IMSR kit. These kits are only being sold for professional installation this time around, I have integrated the IMS Solution retrofit into my WTI training course and will instruct 600 technicians all over North America how to install it this year. We also plan webinars for installers so we do not have issues where improper assembly is a possibility. While the install process remains simple, there are no margins for error with the IMS Solution at first start up.

Thats why the installs are only being carried out at my facility now, we must ensure the first purchasers of this technology have a flawless experience, so the same hands that has done all the development work on the arrangement from day one are carrying out these installs. We did the same thing with the classic retrofit bearing. The IMS Solution is not designed to be a DIY job, and support for DIY efforts will not exist.

Original Message

Author: Jake Raby
Date: January 23, 2013 07:18PM

Re: Just out of curiousity..
Inspection is not necessary as there are no "wear parts" like there are with the ball bearing. With the IMS Solution the only thing that would ever wear is the bushing. Unlike a ball bearing, if the bushing wears nothing breaks, the engine only picks up a noise and continues to run just fine. When we purposely created wear the noise was just there all the time and sounded like an old chevy with bad cam bearings. It didn't get any worse and it never broke; valves remained controlled and there were no timing deviations and no foreign object debris levels that were elevated.

The process of IMS Solution installation requires the same tool kit as the standard IMSR kit. These kits are only being sold for professional installation this time around, I have integrated the IMS Solution retrofit into my WTI training course and will instruct 600 technicians all over North America how to install it this year. We also plan webinars for installers so we do not have issues where improper assembly is a possibility. While the install process remains simple, there are no margins for error with the IMS Solution.

Thats why the installs are only being carried out at my facility now, we must ensure the first purchasers of this technology have a flawless experience, so the same hands that has done all the development work on the arrangement from day one are carrying out these installs. This is not designed to be a DIY job and support for DIY efforts will not exist.