I Recently Purchased A New Turbo And It Has Slight Shaft Play

[Skyline1989]

Hi guys, as title says

i recently purchased a HKS 2530 turbo and it has slight shaft play. around 1-2mm (possibly???)

I'm looking to take the turbo into a specialist e.g. ATS

What should i be looking to ask for? i don't know how bad the shaft play is

and i don't know what the cost for a replacement compressor is or balancing costs etc.

someone please help...

[femno]

New as in new to you or new as in new out of the box?

BB turbos will always have some play, once they have some oil in them theyll be fine.

If when you push the wheel to one side, it contacts the housing and cannot spin then the turbo is pretty farked.

[Guilt-Toy]

if a purchased a turbo with no shaft play i would take it back and ask for my money back.

you need shaft play on every turbocharger.

[Skyline1989]

The turbo is second hand, new to me. it's done approx 5,000kms

the compressor/wheel can still spin when pushed to one side, although it rubs ever so slightly on the compressor cover, just want to be cautious

lots of money going into this build.

more help is muchly appreciated

cheers guys

[SECURITY]

if you're spending lots of money on the build then the last place you want to be stingy on is the turbo especially when its the one part that could cause some catastrophic damage to your motor if it fails.

send it in for a service and the turbo mechanic will be able to tell whats wrong with it anyway. when i dropped my sliding performance turbo in for servicing they told me straight away that it looked like it had 50,000-80,000km of wear (while having done only 2,000km on the car). they know their shit.

[Skyline1989]

Anymore help guys???

i don't wanna walk into ATS saying here..... does it need to be fixed???

and forking big dollars

[Ultimategtr]

2mm of shaftplay is alot, if its geniune 2mm.

You really need to take the turbo to a specialst to see if the play is within limits.

[hypergear]

Thats abit of too much play if you can manage to get the comp wheel to touch its housing (over 20 thou). Do a check up before putting it in to your car.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

if you're spending lots of money on the build then the last place you want to be stingy on is the turbo especially when its the one part that could cause some catastrophic damage to your motor if it fails.

send it in for a service and the turbo mechanic will be able to tell whats wrong with it anyway. when i dropped my sliding performance turbo in for servicing they told me straight away that it looked like it had 50,000-80,000km of wear (while having done only 2,000km on the car). they know their shit.

lol i remember that one.........

+1 on getting it checked out if it can hit the comp cover...

[Jet 20]

definently get it checked out. it should not rub on the comp cover.

better to know it is right rather than hope it is right.