Turbo rebuild gone wrong
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Turbo rebuild gone wrong
Well got my Trani out and at the shop took the turbo out to rebuild and do bellow uppipes well while disassembling the Turbo loosening all the bolts 2 broke off in the exhaust housing so now we are going to try and drill and ease out hopefully we can get them out so I don't have to buy a new housing . Anyone have any suggestions on getting them out ?
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Well got my Trani out and at the shop took the turbo out to rebuild and do bellow uppipes well while disassembling the Turbo loosening all the bolts 2 broke off in the exhaust housing so now we are going to try and drill and ease out hopefully we can get them out so I don't have to buy a new housing . Anyone have any suggestions on getting them out ?
The easy-outs sometimes work but be super careful not to break one of those inside the stud - that's what happened to me and it was a disaster.
I suppose the best advice is to take your time and not rush. Good luck,
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That sucks. I once spent about 14 hours trying to get an exhaust stud out of a Harley head that broke off. Lots of PB Blaster and heat. One friend suggested using wax and heating and cooling the unit - it then sucks the wax into the threads - but I'm not so sure about all that.
The easy-outs sometimes work but be super careful not to break one of those inside the stud - that's what happened to me and it was a disaster.
I suppose the best advice is to take your time and not rush. Good luck,
The easy-outs sometimes work but be super careful not to break one of those inside the stud - that's what happened to me and it was a disaster.
I suppose the best advice is to take your time and not rush. Good luck,
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I cut the heads off of mine when I did it. They were froze good. I was then able to use the torch to heat it real good and use a vice grips on them. Still was a major pita. If yours are broke off flush (like it sounds), I have a feeling its gonna be real tough to get them out. Good luck.
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I cut the heads off of mine when I did it. They were froze good. I was then able to use the torch to heat it real good and use a vice grips on them. Still was a major pita. If yours are broke off flush (like it sounds), I have a feeling its gonna be real tough to get them out. Good luck.
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Seeing as how you got it off the truck and are going to dissasemble it anyway it shouldnt be too hard.
A drill press, center drill, dirll bits, and a tap at worst. Maybe a helicoil kit...
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EDT: if you dont want to go through all that, once you get the exhaust housing off take it to a local machine shop... they should be able to do it for less than $50.
A drill press, center drill, dirll bits, and a tap at worst. Maybe a helicoil kit...
Richard
EDT: if you dont want to go through all that, once you get the exhaust housing off take it to a local machine shop... they should be able to do it for less than $50.
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One friend suggested using wax and heating and cooling the unit - it then sucks the wax into the threads - but I'm not so sure about all that.
We did that all the time at the machine shop to get screw in plug's out in like oil galley's and the water drian plug on a block.Had to be a white candle and heat only the plug. Never tryed it on bolt's
We did that all the time at the machine shop to get screw in plug's out in like oil galley's and the water drian plug on a block.Had to be a white candle and heat only the plug. Never tryed it on bolt's
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Seeing as how you got it off the truck and are going to dissasemble it anyway it shouldnt be too hard.
A drill press, center drill, dirll bits, and a tap at worst. Maybe a helicoil kit...
Richard
EDT: if you dont want to go through all that, once you get the exhaust housing off take it to a local machine shop... they should be able to do it for less than $50.
A drill press, center drill, dirll bits, and a tap at worst. Maybe a helicoil kit...
Richard
EDT: if you dont want to go through all that, once you get the exhaust housing off take it to a local machine shop... they should be able to do it for less than $50.
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One friend suggested using wax and heating and cooling the unit - it then sucks the wax into the threads - but I'm not so sure about all that.
We did that all the time at the machine shop to get screw in plug's out in like oil galley's and the water drian plug on a block.Had to be a white candle and heat only the plug. Never tryed it on bolt's
We did that all the time at the machine shop to get screw in plug's out in like oil galley's and the water drian plug on a block.Had to be a white candle and heat only the plug. Never tryed it on bolt's
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I freaking love this stuff. Im going to start applying it a week before I do my turbo.
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If you have a welder and a steady hand you can weld a bolt to it and work it out with heat and a pair of vice grips. And the wax thing work surprising well I've used it on exhaust bolts on an old Detroit