Herbal
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- Aug 9, 2009
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cleveland,
Ohio
okay guys, first post on here, familiar with automotive forum procedure though so i HAVE searched this but it's kinda weird.
i have a 14b that was stripped off a scrapper years ago, it hasn't been attached to a car in 5+ years and who knows how long it sat before that, dunno why the car was scrapped.
i may need to use this turbo, or find another 14b, first step, check for shaft play no?
zero shaft play is evident, nada in out up down tight. my problem? it spins a lil hard.
i've had a couple dsm friends take a look at it locally and the general consensus is "it's a bit tight" for their liking.
now,, since it's sat for so long i put some oil through the return line. at first the turbo was a making a faint noise on the hotside(rubbing the housing?) and also seemed to have a spot in it's rotation that it stuck a bit, now a couple days later the noise is gone completely and the tight spot is arguably gone. by arguably gone i mean if i use my finger to spin the compressor by pushing a blade at a time, i feel nothing. if i use a socket on the nut on top of the compressor wheel, i can feel it takes just a lil less torque, but it MAY be my fingers changing shape and thus generating more/less torque. in any case it's very very slight.
soo, before i swap this turbo onto my 4g, what should i do to do it right and make sure this turbo is good?? i wanna make it to the shootout!!
i have a 14b that was stripped off a scrapper years ago, it hasn't been attached to a car in 5+ years and who knows how long it sat before that, dunno why the car was scrapped.
i may need to use this turbo, or find another 14b, first step, check for shaft play no?
zero shaft play is evident, nada in out up down tight. my problem? it spins a lil hard.
i've had a couple dsm friends take a look at it locally and the general consensus is "it's a bit tight" for their liking.
now,, since it's sat for so long i put some oil through the return line. at first the turbo was a making a faint noise on the hotside(rubbing the housing?) and also seemed to have a spot in it's rotation that it stuck a bit, now a couple days later the noise is gone completely and the tight spot is arguably gone. by arguably gone i mean if i use my finger to spin the compressor by pushing a blade at a time, i feel nothing. if i use a socket on the nut on top of the compressor wheel, i can feel it takes just a lil less torque, but it MAY be my fingers changing shape and thus generating more/less torque. in any case it's very very slight.
soo, before i swap this turbo onto my 4g, what should i do to do it right and make sure this turbo is good?? i wanna make it to the shootout!!
. shaft play is not apparent at first because the oil in the bearings sort of cushions it but if you play with it it will go as far as touching the compressor housing. it has less then 400 miles on the rebuild
