rotating a tdo5
 

has anyone rotated or know how to rotate the intake side of a tdo5.
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That's the first time I've heard it called the intake side...I believe you're referring to your compressor cover. You need to unbolt your turbo from the manifold, and get a set of snap ring pliers. There is a snap ring on the inside of your compressor housing(what you called the intake side). If you've never fucked with a snap ring...have fun. Those are some particularly aggravating bastards right there for sure. I think you'll be able to figure out how to get the ring out. Then you can take the cover off and rotate it to where you want it to be positioned. Then put the ring back in.

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siiiick. thanks dude. only messed with small snap rings. nothing this big. im sure it'll be fun.

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your gonna have to make a bracket for the internal gate to work just a fyi before u go doin that

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yeah. i havent started it yet. but ill plan accordingly.

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and there is most likely a little pin that keeps the cover from turning that you take out and dont put back in

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If I remember right, there is a keyway, built into the inside of the compressor housing, so you will have to grind it off before it can be reassembled.

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oh man. good lookin out. thanks for the heads up.

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over all it's easy ::)
there is a notch with a pin. you have to drill out the pin or grind it out. the snap ring comes out a lot easier the it goes back in.
i broke a harbor freight snap ring pliers trying to put it back in. yours looks a lot cleaner then mine was so a bunch of gunk won't be in your way like mine. i had to clean the ---- out of mine.
oh and before you put the snap ring back in make sure it's gonna fit where you want it. i clocked mine and went to install it and my radiator was in the way so i had to clock it back a little.

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The most common mistake is when you're reinstalling the snap ring and it feels like it's in but it's not. There's only one way it'll go in and it has to be compressed like a ----------er to go in right. A lot of times guys don;t get them in far enough and the turbo ends up not working right. Or they get out their hammer and punch to "tap" it into place and end up cracking the bearing housing. That dude is right about having to figure out wtf you're going to do about re-mounting the wastegate actuator. It sets the whole assembly off. It's an Ebay turbo too, so it may be different than a Mitsu TD05H. I mean it's a clone and will have the snap ring, but all the little ---- may not be the same. Good luck NGA.

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you'll prbably stab yourself a few times with those ------ pliers, i know i did.
yup and you gotta grind that notch out, and your done.

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so i ended up not doing any of that. i went to take the ring off where the exhaust housing connects to the COMPRESSOR housing and the exhaust housing came right off. just 2 little 10mm nuts and it was off. kinda scary since it was so easy. im wondering how well its sealed in the first place.
secondly i put it all back on and saw that it was still off a little so i had to do it all again. and then i put the actuator on pretty much the same and didnt want the actuator shaft to hit the actuator housing so i pried a little and found that the compression housing will spin by hand w/out taking anything off.
once again kinda scary.
heres some pics.
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the 2 ten mm nuts that come right off and let everything fall apart.
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here you can see on the bottom right where the actuator shaft was almost hitting the housing.
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the actuator should be pretty close to what it was

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how shitty are these ebay turbos. i bought it off a guy and he didnt tell me it was an ebay turbo plus i was less educated at that point in time.

is there an upgrade in my future.

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Those Ebay 16g's are hit and miss. I know one guy who has been running one at 20psi for almost 2 years and it's still fine. It sure doesn't hit like a real e316g though. I've personally seen 2 blow within a week and have heard of another 5 or so failing on the forums. I'd say yeah, when you get a chance to get your hands on something genuine that would be a good idea. That guy is a fucker for selling it to you as a genuine turbo.

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yeah that bastard.

oh well maybe ill get a 20g next.