spinning ihi housing
 

hey guys i have a question...i have an rhb5 and i need to spin the exhaust housing so the oil drain points down...i undid the four bolts going into it that hold down that flat ring type thing, but the housing doesnt seem to want to spin...any ideas/something im missing?...thanks

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I've never seen that turbo, but I hear tell of using "snap ring pliers" when clocking housing. Maybe possible in your situation? Maybe not.. Again, I've not seen this turbo.

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i just clocked my center section and compressor side on my td04 with ihi exhaust side. if it's at all the same there was a single bolt clamp joining the exhaust side and center section. i removed the clamp via the one bolt and seperated the sections by tapping on the exhaust housing with a hammer. i then ground down the alignment pin so that i could rotate the center so that the oil feed was on top instead of the bottom. i then clocked the compressor by removing the snap ring from the center section that goes into the compressor housing. just make sure you get a really good pair of ring pliers. the pair i got said heavy duty, but the handles kept snapping off. good luck.

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nope...think were talking about entirely different turbos...no snap rings, and four bolts....ill let it soak in wd40 and see if maybe it was just frozen a little

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If the turbo's old, you might wanna use a shitload of Liquid Wrench or some type of penetrant.

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yeah remove all the bolts, empty about half a can of PB on that bitch and "tap" it with a hammer till the exhaust section falls off. then put it where you want it and put the bolts back in till the bottom out...

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wack it with a hammer itll fall off.

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so i can hit it like in the direction to separate it not to spin it and it wont hurt anything?