Can this Turbine Housing be Repaired?

[SOADweskey]

So my turbo suddenly died and this is why.

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Is it safe to get this machined down and re-use this housing?

Well David from Bullseye Power recommends getting it repaired over sending me a new one so it is at a local machine shop now. We will see how this repair goes.

 

[SOADweskey]

Here are the results of the repair.

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[H@xtGSX]

I know your talking about that nick, but what exactly did that do? And what caused it?

 

[SOADweskey]

That knick hit the turbine blades and didn't let them spin. I'm not sure what caused it, my turbo died and had massive shaft play. Either the exhaust gasses got hot enough to soften that little thin piece of metal and push it into the turbine blade thus stopping and killing my turbo. Or my the bearings in the turbo failed and the allowed shaft play let the turbine wheel hit the turbine housing and damage it.

I'm inclined to go with the first since the part is bent towards the wheel so if the wheel hit it I would think it would bend the other way.

 

[H@xtGSX]

It's impressive the amount of force generated by tiny bits of metal when talking about a turbo. Knicking steel like that takes quite a hit to accomplish.

 

[99gst_racer]

I'm not sure which turbine you have, but this was a common problem on the Bullseye housings many years ago. There was a thread from '05 or '06 and several people has issues with cracks and chips at that spot. Take a die grinder to it and grind away at it until it's no longer questionable.

 

[SOADweskey]

This is a BEP housing for my HX-35, and that is pretty much how it was fixed. All the thin questionable material was just grinded out.

 

[turboglenn]

I've been working on machining a t3 .63 AR housing to hold an h1c/hx35 turbine, and after reading this and the other destruction thread, I made sure to check for the area rightthere to be thin and close to the turbine and it has been, I simply ported the area back witha a die grinder untill i had thick enough material to feel safe about it, but i would bet what few bucsk are in my wallet that these issues are gonna continue to pop up on these housings cut so thin unless BEP starts to take the time and do the exact same mod to make what material is there a bit thicker (or grind away what's thin) hell i know i would and i know they have the man power and time to better their rep on these housins. I just hope they get brough aware of it through this thread andthe other one