Rotating Center Section T3 (reviewing basics w/ pics)
Alot of you have asked, "my oil return is pointed up on my setup, how do I rotate the center section?"
So, I thought I might take a few snaps of me rotating this t3 center section I did tonight, yes its easy, but I'll try to give some quick tips.
First we start off with mounting the exhaust housing in a big vise, or somehow support it. Spray the bolts with WD40 or any type of Penetrating lube, I like using Zep45 & Mopar Rust Spray. When I say spray.. I mean just hose the fucker down, who cars, its all going to burn off, and you can clean it later. You need the lube to work its way up the threads of the bolts.
Use the Box end of the wrench on any bolts you can, don’t PRY the wrench either, give it a quick "SNAP/Jolt" to break the bolts loose. Start loosing the bolts until about half way, if ANY resistance is felt, start spraying a bunch more lube on the bolt, let it sit... then tighten it back up, then try again. Just work the bolt back and forth. Trust me, its better to do this then breaking these old bolts in this shitty piece of cast iron, nobody likes drilling and tapping out old bolts out.
The Bitch bolt #2, this one is a little tricky, I have a custom wrench modified so the box end can slide in and still get all the way around the bolt. Be sure to always a 1/2in wrench, not a 13mm on these bolts.
Bitch bolt #1 is a toughy, its next to the oil feed port on the center section, you cannot get a box end wrench on this one, and its also very common to strip this bolt out. Get a 1/2 wrench (open end) and gently begin to tap with hammer (counterclockwise) to see if it can break free.
Now that you have them all broke free, start loosening them, you'll notice bitch bolt 1/2 will end up hitting the side of the center section very quick.
So, flip the Turbo around on the vise and gently start tapping on the backside of the compressor housing, these starts to free the center section away from the exhaust housing. Sometimes it takes some pretty good wacks, then go back to your bitch bolts, and keep loosening them.
Simple as that, then you can rotate your housing however you like.
I'll update this later with some more pics on how to rotate the compressor housing, and relocating the Internal Wastegate actuator.
Re:Rotating Center Section T3 (reviewing basics w/ pics)
Nice write up Jeff. That is a popular question around here, and I think this will help alot of people out who need to do this. I ended up breaking a few bolts in my housing the first time I tried, but the housing was cracked anyway, so I just bought a new one.
Re:Rotating Center Section T3 (reviewing basics w/ pics)
to relocate the w/g you'de have to make bracket for it out of metal strips available in the plumbing section at homedepot and drill and cut the strip to make a bracket. then mount the bracket to the compressor housing bolts.
Re:Rotating Center Section T3 (reviewing basics w/ pics)
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Originally Posted by oxsleeperxo
any updates on how to relocate the Internal Wastegate actuator?
You just need to use your brain. It isn't difficult, but every situation is different. I made a post awhile back about how I did it, but the pics where hosted on newbieforces, which is down. I still have them at home though and can post em up once I get another host.
Re:Rotating Center Section T3 (reviewing basics w/ pics)
when you loosen the bolts, do you want to complete remove the bolt off the housing? or you want to only loosen the bolt untill you can spin the center like on how you rotate teh compressor? when you rotate the center section, does it affect the shaft in anyway or affect anything? thanks
Rotating Center Section T3 (reviewing basics w/ pics)
