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Old Jan 31, 2014 | 10:42 PM
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I've never seen this before.

After doing some major repairs to this truck, I took it out for a road test. I noticed it had bad turbo flutter on every shift. I pulled the turbo back off and took it apart. This is what I found in there:

 
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That makes two of us. I have never seen that before either. Was it mis-assembled by any chance (one vane cocked)?
 
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Everything else looked normal. I had to chisel the ring off, so I have a feeling that it had been sticking for a long time. I have replaced a few unison rings because they were worn, but none were even close to wearing through like this one.
 
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Originally Posted by big inch
After doing some major repairs to this truck, I took it out for a road test. I noticed it had bad turbo flutter on every shift. I pulled the turbo back off and took it apart. This is what I found in there:

Does this truck have a good filter system OEM or lack of oil?
 
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