Subject	Many that need rebuilds probably do have damaged wheels
Posted by	hunterg on July 14, 2011 at 3:24 PM
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In Reply To	Rebuilt turbos=Bad idea? I don't get it posted by BlackholeZ on July 14, 2011 at 03:08 PM
Message	1 of mine did in my case(sport500). Both turbos smoked. 1 had worse shaft play which I guess was worn bearings, which made the wheel rub on the housing, which created extra cost and time for the rebuild. I'm not sure which way most turbos fail. I guess if you catch the problems early enough, it would be rebuildable, but if you keep boosting worn turbos it probably wears them to the point of a rebuild not being worth the cost. I went ahead and did a rebuild on both my sport500s. Sent them to Coz, who sends them to someone else. Coz advertized a $700 sport500 rebuild. Total ended up being over $1000 and took 4 extra weeks because Coz said a wheel was damaged and he had to order it from Japan. Wish I would have just worked a few extra hours, and spent the extra $$$$ for new ones, because my rebuilds both smoke now!
Follow Ups	Rebuilt turbos=Bad idea? I don't get it - BlackholeZ 15:08:39 07/14/11 What happened? Turbo troubles already?? (n/m) - ZXoltan 15:11:57 07/14/11 no no no, just thinking ahead - BlackholeZ 15:31:41 07/14/11 cost effectiveness of doing the job properly perhaps? (n/m) - zgene4 15:13:06 07/14/11 Labor to replace (if you use a shop) is $1000+ - dpjax 15:15:38 07/14/11 And that is about the only decent reason I can think of - BlackholeZ 15:44:16 07/14/11 I was quoted over 3k once. - Draker (Eugene, OR) 17:10:18 07/14/11 Many that need rebuilds probably do have damaged wheels - hunterg 15:24:18 07/14/11 Re: Many that need rebuilds probably do have damaged wheels - supermario680 15:29:10 07/14/11 see, the smoking right after a rebuild I don't understand - BlackholeZ 15:36:32 07/14/11 Re: see, the smoking right after a rebuild I don't understand - supermario680 15:40:28 07/14/11 Exactly. - BlackholeZ 15:46:25 07/14/11 Mine aren't smoking bad, but it started about 7k miles after - hunterg 16:00:48 07/14/11 Also, mine aren't smoking under boost, rather it happens - hunterg 16:04:44 07/14/11 I'm going to guess. Metal subjected to stresses is not - zellamay 16:24:06 07/14/11 cost of new factory built and tested makes more sense. - Antihero 16:30:06 07/14/11 The center cartridge typically galls and distorts ....... - Greg D. (Specialty-Z) 17:28:13 07/14/11 That does make sense - BlackholeZ 17:37:21 07/14/11
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