actuator arm?

[reveal1123]

I was cruisin down the road when I hit a pretty big bump, and I didnt really notice at first, but i couldnt boost at all -- 0 psi. I pulled over and checked all the ic pipes/vac lines to the wg actuator, nothing. i was stumped. Then i thought to check the actuator arm.. maybe it fell off? bingo.. it was disconnected.

my question is: im guessing there is a cotter pin there to keep it on? all I have to do is slide it back on and secure it w/ the cotter pin i guess, right?

Man.. driving N/A really sux... the difference is like night and day.

 

[power=dsm]

yupe

 

[Defiant]

my question is: im guessing there is a cotter pin there to keep it on?

Apparently not, eh?

all I have to do is slide it back on and secure it w/ the cotter pin i guess, right?

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Man.. driving N/A really sux... the difference is like night and day.

Especially a motor de-tuned to survive under boost. Welcome to a 1925 engine.

 

[reveal1123]

I got the arm back on after some tugging, but the old cotter pin broke inside its hole. any other options?

 

[Defiant]

I got the arm back on after some tugging, but the old cotter pin broke inside its hole. any other options?

Hose with PB Blaster, get a small trim nail and grind the point off, and try to drive the broken parts out using a ViseGrip as a press. Depending on the amount of corrosion and how pissed-off the head of your particular church is with you, it may press out. Hold the nail with needle-nose pliers so you won't demolish your fingertips when the effer launches the nail into space.

 

[marcmsj]

mine did the same thing, cotter pin broke in there and arm came off, i just used some pliers and tugged on it til it came off, and reused the broken cotter pin since i didn't have a spare one on me.

if you're feeling particularly cheap, a paper clip would probably work for a while !