How To Remove Turbine Housings?

[gtr fan]

I am buying a pair of new turbos and what to give the exhaust housings to a shop for ceramic coating.

Are these hard to remove and reassemble without chipping the blades. Or is it a bit delicate and should I have someone take them off?

Edited September 16, 2009 by gtr fan

[geraus]

Speak to Tao from Hypergear is a professional in turbo's his the one that taught me how to do mine.

[R31Nismoid]

Just unbolt it

[gtr fan]

Thanks Guys,

So if I just unbolt it it should slide off? Are the any retaining clips, seals etc to worry about on the exhaust side?

[hypergear]

If they are 2nd hand ceramic turbos I suggest you to not do it. All the once that came in for high flow breaks its turbine wheel while we trying to hammer the turbine housing off with a cooper mallet. Most of them a rusted together, specially the once with oil leaks. Have to heat up the housing before hit them apart.

Brand new once would come apart once they are unbolted.

[gtr fan]

Thanks Hypergear.

These are brand new steel wheel turbos. Hopefully they will slide right off.

[paulR32gtr]

Yeah they will come off easily just unbolt with a long 13mm spanner from memory.

Compressor housing is easy too you just need to unbolt them and use a big set of circlip pliers on the circlip.

[Haines]

what about putting them back on

is it the reverse of taking them off

Pedro

[paulR32gtr]

Yes just the reverse.

Mark the housing and the core with a marker before pulling the housings off so you can line them up again when re-assembling. This avoids the pain of having to rotate the housings when fitting them to the car.