It's my understanding that the center section is non-servicable, but does that mean you can not replace the exhaust wheel?


Mine has seen better days:

 

uhh i am pretty sure the gt series turbo's do not have servicable center sections you gotta get a whole new center...

 

You're pretty much screwed. I say keep using it until it blows. Get your moneys worth

 

There was just a thread like this the other day, cannot buy the wheels seperately, you need a whole new CHRA.

 

run it for the time being.That sucks, being a 35R

 

ball bearing gt turbo's are NOT rebuildable!!!!! must buy new CHRA

 

damn man...sorry that **** happened! hate to see the GT's go down! im in the same boat..lol!

 

its funny they make them that way so you have ot buy everything again and they make more money, sucks

 

Although not nearly as costly as a bb turbo, my sc61 did the exact same thing. What caused it was a piece of the gasket where it bolts to the manifold broke off and fell into the turbo and shot out the exhaust, i ran it for another 6-7 months until it started to smoke and when i sent it off to garret they had to change everything except the housings.

btw- i dont run any gasket on the turbo now for that very reason, no leaks without it anyway.