Moving center section
 

I removed the exhaust housing so I could try moving the center section where the oil lines go. After having this done I still couldnt move it, I found that there a big ring in the intake housing. So how do I move the center section on a TDO4L?

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ya guy, i would like to know as well.. can you guys take pics of your turbo rotating or something, i have no idea

and also if you rotate this, how can your wastegate actuator sitll bolt on

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ok bolts all out. hold the cold side and wack the exhaust housing with a hammer. (BE OVER A BENCH DONT DROP IT!)


also it may have a dowel pin, just grind that off.

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You just turn the damn center section and put it back in the turbine housing where you want the oil lines to stick out....If you want to rotate it seperately from the compressor housing to, you will need to take the compressor housing off.
And about the internal wastegate..well you will need to allign the compressor housing with the turbine housing for that...so that will require to take bot of the bearing/center section housing.

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sem if it hasnt been turned before it isnt just gonna turn your gonna have to crack it off..

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I think he means he has no idea how to get the snap ring out so that it's not holding the center section in place anymore? right? if that's the case just get some needle nose pliers and stick in the two holes on the sides of the ring and pull it together and up and out then you'll be able to rotate the center chunk freely. and yeah, either pull out the locator dowel or grind it down.

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hes talking about the exhaust housing isnt he?

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Yeah, stackz hit the nail. I cant rotate the center section because of that huge snap ring. So removing these, I could rotate the center section right?

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yeah but that snap ring won't come easy and you'll probably have to "persuade" the housing loose first so you can grind down the locator dowel to move it how you want it

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seriously, i still dont' get it

what do i torque the bolts of th houseing when i put it back on/?

any pics? i need pics to visualize that dowel ---- and the snap ring etc

AND WHY WOULD THE TURBO BE ROTATED WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE

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2000svm bcs the WG's and the turbo are fitted to the car they came off of. which wasnt a honda.

anyways onto that snap ring. its a total bitch.

i use a big pair of needle nose plyiers and take it right off... look out its springy as hell. when putting it on stick the snap ring in the vice.

warning: if that thing hits you in the eyes dont blame me.

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that turbo is off wrx which was installed in a totally different configuration. this is what you have to do. remove the clamp that holds the hot side to the center. take a mallet or hammer and tap all around the hot side to get it to slide off the center section. grind off the alighnment pin. reinstall the center section to where the feed line is pointing in the same direction as the turbine inlet. now your compressor needs to be rotated more than likely as well. go get the large size ring pliers from napa (don't get them from pep boys they suck and don't get the smaller ones from napa because they will get the ring out, but you will have a bitch of a time getting it back in). slide off the compressor housing and grind off the alignment pin as well and clean out the shavings. reinstall the housing in the direction you want and reinstall the snap ring.

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oh yeah...and you will have to make a custom bracket to hold the wg actuator. i ended up being able to reattach the wg to one of the bolt holes in the compressor housing and then made a custom extension arm to attach the actuator to the wg.

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argh, more work! stupid wg actuator....

i just want the oil in/out in the right position.. obvious the hot side is going to the same cuz you mount on the manifold... and the cold side i just want it facing down so it won't hit the a/c fan... well we'll see when my correct turbo comes

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---- the WG. weld it shut and buy a tial!