Going to rebuild a turbo for the dually. Needing some advice on a kit for it and if I can sandblast all the part's? Or should I stay away from the center bearing support? Found one on ezbay that had a upgraded 360 thrust plate.

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What's your guy's thought's?

Thanks John

 

Hey Bud,

I've done my share of turbos. I would say to avoid the sandblasting. I always use a solvent/hot tank for each piece I want clean. The worst side I dealt with was the exhaust side and all the baked carbon over there. However, I'd much rather deal with the scraping than potentially getting sand into a turbo with tolerances in thousands of an inch. If you decide to do it I would make sure to keep away from any places where it will seal, or has a bearing riding on it, and especially the center section entirely. After you do this, hit it with compressed air, solvent tank it, wipe it down and then let it air dry. I suppose you would be ok.

I've never used a 360 thrust on any of the Ford turbo's I've rebuilt. I use the standard 270* thrust. I guess the 360* is becoming the standard on newer turbos because of better lubrication, and they have placed some work into ports/pads on the plate to better dispense oil where it is needed.