Turbo Rebuild Pg02

Shows the gasket stuffed that seals the turbo to the exhaust manifold.
Bolts came out on the inlet side without a drama. After that the inlet housing comes of easily but in hindsight I’d leave it on until you get the exhaust side bolts off. If you do check the o ring seal in there. Mine was useless. I removed the turbine fin & backing plate too leaving the turbo centre, shaft & exhaust housing intact.

• So you’ve got it off and your keen to get into it. I say it once and once only BIG PROBLEM!!!! Hence why I dub it –TRICK FOR YOUNG PLAYERS #1
• My bolts as it turned out had fused themselves to the housing and the collar that holds it tight. It’s quite common with these as the high tensile bolts are heated and cooled so many times throughout their lives.
• I tried simply undoing them
• I tried WD40 and INOX soak release over 48 hr’s
• I tried hitting bolt heads with chisel to crack the thread jam

• I tried Loctite Freeze & Release without luck
• I tried smashing the bolt heads off with the cold chisel and actually smashed
the chisel….WTF
• I hack sawed the bolt heads off and hooray!!!
• Still the centre would not come free from the housing though.
• I soaked and hit the exhaust housing with a hammer around and off until
finally it came free leaving me with the next pictures

Not clear really in this pic but I found pitting and rust evidence around the inner area. Just the area where the two flute sides combine mostly. Not good I'd say but unfortunately for me the part is now a discontinued item, so all I can do is try to clean it up when I remove the cut bolts.