Top work for bottom dollar! I'd have done the ring gaps similarly. I'd probably be tempted to angle both 45 degrees away from 12 o'clock on opposite sides. Why didn't the turbine have to be pressed into the new bearing cartridge? Did it just have looser tolerances to allow it to slide in without being a full interference fit? Also how much does your turbo balancing guy charge? So hard to find anyone in the States who does it for a reasonable price. Great stuff!
Cheers 😃 I almost wanted to do the ring gaps in the same spot but I just tried to make them about the same as how they were when I pulled it apart, but 45° on opposite sides sounds good too! I use my vice as a press because I don’t have a press, I’ve done all my turbos like that, it seems to work really good! It’s about $160aud for a balance here on the Gold Coast at the moment, and he has a very good balance machine as far as I know!
@@ScubaMade Oh I just didn't see the step where you actually pressed the turbine back through the bearings then. Bench vise is totally acceptable. $160 is just over $100 American, so matches about the cheapest I can find here, except I'd have to pay shipping both ways too of course. Oh I also meant to ask if he mentioned how badly out of balance it was before balancing. Thanks again!
Ok yeah it’s pretty lucky I can just drive less than 30min from home straight to the shop! I believe he said it was 6grams out of balance when he started, which is quite high! And he couldn’t quite get it under 1g which he normally does with all the other turbos I’ve had balanced.
Nah but I’d be sure to give one a go if one ever came up! I have spin a gt45 I think or might have been bigger, by hand, at WTAC last year and it was difficult to spin which made me wonder what was going on inside!
Top work for bottom dollar! I'd have done the ring gaps similarly. I'd probably be tempted to angle both 45 degrees away from 12 o'clock on opposite sides. Why didn't the turbine have to be pressed into the new bearing cartridge? Did it just have looser tolerances to allow it to slide in without being a full interference fit? Also how much does your turbo balancing guy charge? So hard to find anyone in the States who does it for a reasonable price. Great stuff!
Cheers 😃
I almost wanted to do the ring gaps in the same spot but I just tried to make them about the same as how they were when I pulled it apart, but 45° on opposite sides sounds good too!
I use my vice as a press because I don’t have a press, I’ve done all my turbos like that, it seems to work really good!
It’s about $160aud for a balance here on the Gold Coast at the moment, and he has a very good balance machine as far as I know!
@@ScubaMade Oh I just didn't see the step where you actually pressed the turbine back through the bearings then. Bench vise is totally acceptable. $160 is just over $100 American, so matches about the cheapest I can find here, except I'd have to pay shipping both ways too of course. Oh I also meant to ask if he mentioned how badly out of balance it was before balancing. Thanks again!
Ok yeah it’s pretty lucky I can just drive less than 30min from home straight to the shop!
I believe he said it was 6grams out of balance when he started, which is quite high! And he couldn’t quite get it under 1g which he normally does with all the other turbos I’ve had balanced.
Nice work mate 👍
Thanks heaps buddy!! I was so glad to get it balanced and can’t wait to see it on Hayden’s 2jz!
Have you done a g40 or bigger?
Nah but I’d be sure to give one a go if one ever came up! I have spin a gt45 I think or might have been bigger, by hand, at WTAC last year and it was difficult to spin which made me wonder what was going on inside!
Where did you get the rebuild kit from? I might of missed it 😅
Nah I didn’t mention it, all good, Mumbatek has the kits and wheels!