wastegate actuator arm fell off.. cant get it back on

[bretthejet26]

the pin came out.. the arm fell off. i have ZERO boost.. funny now i know what a N/A feels like... grrrrrr sooooooo slow... anyway i cant seem to get the friggin arm back on the hook thing.. any suggestions

 

[GTM]

Originally posted by bretthejet26
the pin came out.. the arm fell off. i have ZERO boost.. funny now i know what a N/A feels like... grrrrrr sooooooo slow... anyway i cant seem to get the friggin arm back on the hook thing.. any suggestions

Loosen the waste gate bolts and try that, if not remove them install the shaft and reinstall bolts. It's just a snug fit and everything has to be at right angles for it to go in. You can safty wire in on until you get the missing parts. No safty wire, strip the insulation from some copper wire and make several turns around the connection.

Cheers,
GTM

 

[Kevin90GSX]

Yeah what he said. Loosen the bolts. What turbo is this?

If its a 14b/16g then you can take off the bolts and get them on pretty easily. I suggest to use a paperclip as a pin. Used it on my Big 16g and it was able to handle 20+ lbs of boost.

Should do the trick.

 

[bretthejet26]

what bolts do i take off

 

[Kevin90GSX]

Ive attached a photo.

 

[fwdtsi]

while the actuator was still mounted on the car I took a pair of pliers and pulled the lever and it went on fine.

 

[bretthejet26]

well i fixed it, its nice to be boostin again!!!!!! for that one day of not having boost i was in hell.. poor poor n/a's