Does anyone offer a rebuild kit for a Garrett ball bearing 38r? i found one on riffraff diesel but its journal bearing not ball bearing.

 

I believe you have to send the turbo back to Garrett for them to rebuild it. Not a very popular endevor but thats the way it is. Why, got one your eye balling for a rebuild???

 

i have one on my truck and the turbine shaft is starting to get a little bit of play. How much play can it have and still be good?

 

Shoot, didn't check out your sig.. Not sure with a ball bearing cartridge. If its the same with a journal bearing turbo the side to side has to be very minimal, where its not contacting the housing. No in and out play I believe also.

 

yeah you can get a new center cartridge for it but: it costs more than the whole turbo! YEP! just got done talking with clay about this 3 months ago. now i have a rebuildable h2e turbo......

didnt know ball bearing turbo's were disposable did you?

 

if i cant rebuild it and have to replace it then what would be the next turbo to get?

 

H2E or QSSB, or Modded H2E or GQSSB

 

Any pics of those turbos Ken???

 

So then what's the life spand of a gtp38r? The h2e is made by holset right? Never heard of the other turbo. Both of these require different turbo pedistals correct.?

 

Unless you plan on bigger injectors, you don't need that much of a turbo. Why not get something like a mod'ed stocker or van turbo that's rebuildable? I can't complain about my van turbo, even though I torture it every day with too much fuel......

 

well i want a bigger one cuz i plan on a bigger set of injectors and a dp tuner.

 

thats taking a step backwards imo........the stock h2e is right around the same specs as a 38r......

 

Thing is, I respect Clay alot and he's got alot of good things to say about the 38R... from what I can gather, as far as a drop-in goes, it's a fantastic turbo. But I've heard some really good things about the H2E. I'm not cheap, but I don't like to buy more than I really have to. I've actually really been considering a stock turbo with and ATS housing and a 1.15AR exhaust housing... I'd be able to rebuild it myself anyways.

 

To the OP... how many miles have you got on your 38R BTW?

 

ive put 70k on the turbo since ive had the truck. idk how long it was on there before i bought the truck. the truck has 234k on it