turbo's stiff
 

hi all i recently got a turbo from my local breakers but its almost new and has no play at all but it is stiff to turn! what shall i do???? cheers

oh by the way its a kkk k03 or 04 if that helps maybe its a crap one to start with? cheers anything would be much appreciated

just a stab in the dark, but i know that if the snaprings are rusted or not installed correctly it will cause it to not sit flush. so has it been rebuilt or anything?

no just unbolted straight from a pug 2litre hdi engine sat out in the rain, i have soaked it in oil for tonight so i'll see in the morning , it baffles me because it looks so new!

i would take it apart and check everything out clean everything up and put it all back together

just got to it this morning , its stiff only in one slight place but otherwise is ok

A real kkk k03 is good not crap, spools like lightning. There's KKK's on a LOT of high end european stuff, they got bought out by Borg Warner, they still make them the exactly the same way. Check out the stats on it here, it's a pdf (9.86mb) but it will show you the different k03's and k04's so you can see what you got and then take what you want from the pdf. : http://www.airwerksboosted.com/Files...talog-2007.pdf
Put it in a vice and blow air throught it with a compressor, see if it's spinning nice now. What are you putting it on?

snap rings only go in one way , most have a beveled edge ;) could cause slight stiff in one spot