hello, can the 97 turbo wheel be taken out and changed to a heavy towing wheel when its in the truck and any one have the steps on doing this, ive looked at it long enogh, i got to get this fixed to be dependable, i have bent fins. gary

 

No such thing as a tow wheel but you can deffinetly replace the wheel, very easy to do and there about 100$ shipped-ish from robs turbo shop, the banks impellir wheel is not and upgrade for our trucks bit merely the same obs replacement wheel so don't get too excited if you find one. 6 or seven 12 point 8mm bolts and the comp housing is off. Take off the down pipe and get a ratchet with a small extension on the turbine wheel and back the compressor wheel off. The rod is very easy to stoop so just snug up the new wheel

 

thanks for the good news rideracelivemx7, i found the wicked wheel its called and comes with free o rings, i guess i will try that compressor wheel for the old tp38, thanks agin, gary

 

the wicked wheel is the same as a stock wheel

 

Yup, it's an upgrade of sorts for the sooper dootie guys' turbo. I haven't priced them but you may just look for the stock replacement. I figure it may be cheaper than the "wicked wheel".

 

*smacks steve*

It's RON's Turbo shop.

But clay sells them.

Buy from a site sponsor. =)


If you have bent fins, be sure to check for other things first.

The Wicked Wheel is a stock OBS wheel with a fancy name to trick people into buying it.

Thats fine if you send bob some money. He's a site sponsor too.
His OBS wheel is fairly priced last I remember.

And free o-rings, yay. I hope he sends you 2 sets.
cause your gonna have to order a second one from guzzles or him for your pedestal.
Never re-use old o-rings on the turbo.
You'll see why.


When assembling to tighten.
Tighten the turbo by hand.
Then give it one little snug with a wrench after that.
Otherwise you'll strip it out.
I did it cause nobody else would tell me how to tighten it. And my wheel was un-damaged. =*(

The wheel will tighten itself if it needs more.
Resistance from the air vs blah blah blah.
Whatever.

 

my b my b, damn iphone will not let me type that out lol i ment to say RON's but yeah hes awesome to deal with!

 

thanks for the heads up, i was going to just pull the comp housing cover off and back the nut off the wheel with a inpact gun put the other wheel on inpact it on rtv the heck around the comp seal. sounds easy? thanks agin, gary

 

UM NO!! Sounds like an easy way to buy a new turbo! The shaft is not very big. Chances are very good you will hit tight with the impact and even thought the shaft will free wheel it will be too tight at the least or break at the worst!