Was wondering for our turbo's
Was wondering for our turbo's
Who rebuilds them on this forum or what can we do once we need or want them to be in need of a rebuild? Is this something we can attempt ourselves.
Other than price, FP takes a month + for turnaround.
ive got a place here that can rebuild them pretty cheap they do all my truck turbos, they are almost local to chicago about 50 miles away. as for rebuilding it yourself its pretty easy to replace the parts, HOWever i would not recomend it cause the turbo has to be Rebalanced after disasembly or it wont last very long at all. typical rebuild is $400 bucks, and they replace all the internal moving parts - compressor rings, thurst bearing, Shaft bearings, o rings, new housing bolts.
Ive sent them a turbo once i though for sure was trash, and they ended up honing the thing out and going with a bigger shaft plate/compressor bearing to make it work, saved me 2 grand
Turn around time was 3 days.
Ive sent them a turbo once i though for sure was trash, and they ended up honing the thing out and going with a bigger shaft plate/compressor bearing to make it work, saved me 2 grand
Turn around time was 3 days.
Last edited by blowngasket; Apr 25, 2012 at 12:52 PM.
i do suppose if the propeller and shaft assemble was balanced its self you could do it and not have to worry cause the actual propeller was balanced.Not sure if our turbos are Assembly balanced or not.
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you mean disasembly of the turbo?
you can do it this way, although i do send mine in to be balanced i have disassembled and reassembled turbos that have it all prebalanced meaning propeller balanced Pre assembly.
This is easy to do if you pay attention to the way it comes apart.
Keep in mind some turbos are Diff then others, and again im entirerly unsure if our turbos are assembly balanced or not.
IF IT WAS ME, id send it in to be balanced after i rebuilt it. with that being said, here are the steps.
Also next time i do one, [shouldnt be to long] ill do a total write up on rebuilding a turbo with pictures, and going to the place to have it balanced with pictures. the balancing machine is quite impressive for the 100k they spent on it lol.
1)remove turbo from car
2)Remove vband clamp [metal clamp holding exhaust side to compressor side]
3)seperate with rubber hammer and put exhuast side on the side.
4)Undo large snap ring holding compressor on to the aluminum compressor housing.
5)serperate compressor housing from unit,
6)inspec, propellers for damage, the nut holding the propeller on is a left handed thread undo the nut. If your going to reassemle your self Id mark the propellers and the nut on the shaft so it is exactly the way it was before dissasembly.And id still say send it in for a balance!
7) remove propeller, slide shaft out with exhaust propeller
8) remove Compressor ring, remove oil thrust bearing, remove all O-rings
9) Remove shaft bearings, inspec for damages.
10) Clean all parts and dont bend the propellers or ding them up, i use a tooth brush and degreaser
11) install new shaft bearings/sleeves, install new compressor rings on exhaust side
12) slip exhaust side in to houseing, replace oil thurst beaing, install thrust bearing sleeve
13)install compressor ring on compressor side, slide it all back together.
14) install propeller, exactly the way it was taken off to the point of where u marked it
15) slide compressor housing back on with new Orings of course, use oil or vasiline to insure o ring fitmet.
16) slide Exhaust side back on, preoil and bolt it all together
17) check to make sure nothing is rubbing and clearences are within spec, after checking by hand use compressed air to make propeller spin and to insure everything works right also helps the oil work its self in.
you can do it this way, although i do send mine in to be balanced i have disassembled and reassembled turbos that have it all prebalanced meaning propeller balanced Pre assembly.
This is easy to do if you pay attention to the way it comes apart.
Keep in mind some turbos are Diff then others, and again im entirerly unsure if our turbos are assembly balanced or not.
IF IT WAS ME, id send it in to be balanced after i rebuilt it. with that being said, here are the steps.
Also next time i do one, [shouldnt be to long] ill do a total write up on rebuilding a turbo with pictures, and going to the place to have it balanced with pictures. the balancing machine is quite impressive for the 100k they spent on it lol.
1)remove turbo from car
2)Remove vband clamp [metal clamp holding exhaust side to compressor side]
3)seperate with rubber hammer and put exhuast side on the side.
4)Undo large snap ring holding compressor on to the aluminum compressor housing.
5)serperate compressor housing from unit,
6)inspec, propellers for damage, the nut holding the propeller on is a left handed thread undo the nut. If your going to reassemle your self Id mark the propellers and the nut on the shaft so it is exactly the way it was before dissasembly.And id still say send it in for a balance!
7) remove propeller, slide shaft out with exhaust propeller
8) remove Compressor ring, remove oil thrust bearing, remove all O-rings
9) Remove shaft bearings, inspec for damages.
10) Clean all parts and dont bend the propellers or ding them up, i use a tooth brush and degreaser
11) install new shaft bearings/sleeves, install new compressor rings on exhaust side
12) slip exhaust side in to houseing, replace oil thurst beaing, install thrust bearing sleeve
13)install compressor ring on compressor side, slide it all back together.
14) install propeller, exactly the way it was taken off to the point of where u marked it
15) slide compressor housing back on with new Orings of course, use oil or vasiline to insure o ring fitmet.
16) slide Exhaust side back on, preoil and bolt it all together
17) check to make sure nothing is rubbing and clearences are within spec, after checking by hand use compressed air to make propeller spin and to insure everything works right also helps the oil work its self in.
Last edited by blowngasket; Apr 26, 2012 at 10:38 AM.