can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

So, I got my H1C in the mail, and tried clocking it for my setup.. after I removed all the bolts and brackets holding it together, I still find the housing very much stuck on the center section.. i've tried blasting it with a can of wd-40, put it in a vice, beat it with a rubber mallet, a ball ping hammer, etc.

what the ---- is going on? this ---- is rusted solid, halp! :S

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Use better penetrating lube and lube it for a day or two then try the hammer again and if that doesn't work put some heat on it.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

pb blaster > wd40 hit solid parts of it with a metal hammer every once in a while, while the pb blaster soaks in. It'll go, grasshopper, just give it time and brute, blunt physical force

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

I prefer to call it every racial slur I can think of and then it usually just falls off by itself.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Get out the torch or Porta Power.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

When you know how and when to use the torch you use it everywhere!

Nothing like some toast made with a torch!

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

this brings up a new concept to cooking hmt style... ill have pics tomorrow :y

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

New concept? Hardly. 90% of chefs I know have a torch in their kitchen. The majority of them use it for Creme Brulee and seafood (seared Ahi, etc) but I'm sure they've experimented with other foods as well.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

i'm meaning a cutting torch.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

I had to use a sledge hammer with liberal amounts of hard blows. Kinda like a fat chick, close your eyes and keep hitting it until you get your way. :l

Seriously, mine wasn't rusted and it was really sealed on there. You definately won't distort or crack the housing, just don't hit the v-band spot. It works like the hammer/ball-joint trick, although that never worked for me.

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A mix of pb blaster and rust eater does the trick for me.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Heat it up and melt a candle into it. The wax will wick in as a liquid, then as it cools, it expands, I use this trick for broken bolts all the time.

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Stop hitting it like a woman.

Lol, it will come free. Keep spraying it and hitting. Heat it up if needed.

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A good trick has well is if you have a bucket of used oil dump the turbo in it for a day or so :y

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

That must be fun to clean up afterwards.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

A torch to the exhaust housing + PB blaster has worked for me.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Just fire up the oil with the torch :P

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

just use a hammer and a flat head and just tap it between the v band and it should pop loose

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

5lbs Hammer and don't be afraid to swing. Holset's are terrible for rusting together, if you have time you can do all the soaking stuff, if you just need it apart HIT IT! it will be fine.

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The turbine housing on an H1C isn't a v band.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

On my h1c its a v band...

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

A v band exhaust outlet, but it shouldn't be a v band holding the exhaust housing to the center section. The H1C, h1E and HX series use hold down bolts like a garrett does. The Hy35 and HE351VE that I have use the vband to hold the turbine housing on.

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Yeah just keep molesting it shes bound to break open

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

h1c is vband on the older ----, i had one ;)

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Mine is old from a 1990 ctd and its not v-band.

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

Have your little sister help you?

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

I haven't seen this suggested yet. But to get my t3 apart I first failed miserably with pb/wd40 and hammers.. and then eventually used a pneumatic impact hammer to the center section.. the vibration shook the damn thing right off in 10 sec total.

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I've had luck with hammering straight down onto the exhaust housing a few times(with a block of wood of course) It seems to loosen things up believe it or not. Then trying to hit off the exhaust housing. Soak that bitch with pb...

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heat it and beat it...

Re: can't separate the exhaust housing on a Holset I just got, need some ideas
 

I think this thread has reached a consensus... lubrication, beating, and heat. /thread

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Words to live by.

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That's what she said

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Its actually not that bad, on start up though its like a show