Who makes RRE's b16g turbo's?

[insane147]

i just finished rebuilding my friends b16g turbo from rre. it had a good amount of shaft play in it, so i took it down, cleaned it and replaced the worn bearings and seals etc. upon inspection i noticed the back of the compressor whell was damaged BEFORE he got it because it looked like it had grinder wheel marks on the back side of the compressor wheel. they did not go in a circular manner so it was impossible for the turbo to make the gouges, as these were deep and straight gouges 1/2 inch across by 3/8 long. also the balancing was 180 degrees off from the marks. the thrust bearing plate had no marks. the only thing damaged was the compressor wheel, housing and bearings. i replaced them all and it works normally now, but id like to know if rre is selling doomed to be broken turbos as this would definately throw off balancing at 100,000+ rpm?

 

[HighPsi91]

B16G's come straight from mitsubishi in most cases. Its very unlikely that RRE has anything to do with those marks.

 

[insane147]

is it possible that they might buy and sell mitsu remaned turbos?

 

[HighPsi91]

I am pretty sure that all the mitsu turbos RRE sells are brand new. Maybe the grinding marks are just where some casting marks/flashing was ground off during production. Either way the CHRA should have been balanced after that mark was made... so it should be balanced out just fine.

 

[insane147]

ya, sounds pretty probable. thank you

 

[Turbo]

The "01420" TDO5H Big 16G most of the time
comes brand new in the box from MHIA.
(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America)
When demand exceeds supply the basic
"05200" Small 16G is used to make the Big 16G. But there is nothing reman about it ...
Now I can't speak for everybody when I say that ..... But you can be sure that is not the case with the company that I work for . Wade