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Yesterday I had the turbo fully disconnected floating in the air about 2 inches over the pedestal. Eventually it broke free off the Y pipe with a 3ft pry bar and some time…tired a test fit before proceeding with the pedestal o rings and it is way off. Earlier I tired to straighten out the y pipe with a ratchet strap nothing moved. Guessing over time the bellows loose flexibility as last time could not have been more happy simply pulling them forward to the turbo. Does anyone know the size of the Up-Pipe bolts to the exhaust manifold? Thinking I can pull it off in one piece and try to reset the bellows off the truck. Than replace them with the right type of bolt soon. The stock ones have a cut thread so there won’t be any reuse of them.
Yesterday I had the turbo fully disconnected floating in the air about 2 inches over the pedestal. Eventually it broke free off the Y pipe with a 3ft pry bar and some time…tired a test fit before proceeding with the pedestal o rings and it is way off. Earlier I tired to straighten out the y pipe with a ratchet strap nothing moved. Guessing over time the bellows loose flexibility as last time could not have been more happy simply pulling them forward to the turbo. Does anyone know the size of the Up-Pipe bolts to the exhaust manifold? Thinking I can pull it off in one piece and try to reset the bellows off the truck. Than replace them with the right type of bolt soon. The stock ones have a cut thread so there won’t be any reuse of them.
I hate to say this, but it looks as if you might be needing new up pipes. I don’t think the bellowed part of to up pipes are intended to be distorted as much as your picture shows. Hope I’m wrong.
I hate to say this, but it looks as if you might be needing new up pipes. I don’t think the bellowed part of to up pipes are intended to be distorted as much as your picture shows. Hope I’m wrong.
You're not wrong. Those are likely NEVER going to allow the collector to sit anywhere near the turbine inlet.
Did those bellows get distorted from heat/use or was that from the forcing the turbo to come loose?
Yesterday I had the turbo fully disconnected floating in the air about 2 inches over the pedestal. Eventually it broke free off the Y pipe with a 3ft pry bar and some time…tired a test fit before proceeding with the pedestal o rings and it is way off.
I mistook the bolts the OP was talking about.
M8x1.25 (or 5/16 if you want to use freedom unit fasteners) but you'll have to measure the length....I'm in the house now in my jammies.
Was able to bend it back pretty close however it would have been under pressure and not resting on the pedestal. new set up pipes should arrive today will try to salvage this set off the truck.
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