Big 16G



Can I just bend this straight or do I have to replace it?
If I have to replace it, how would I go about doing this?

This is my first venture with internal gated turbos, so any help will be appreciated.

 

i would just bend it back and make sure it moves freely

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turbinteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would just bend it back and make sure it moves freely</TD></TR></TABLE> Hammer it or just whip out the vice-grips and start playing tug of war?

 

It just has to be straight enough not to bind. You usually have a bit of play inside the arm's hole. Just be careful when bending it. Although they use some high quality steel, its still heat cycled enough - at very high temps - to be brittle enough. THEN you're SOL until you replace it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HiProfile &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It just has to be straight enough not to bind. You usually have a bit of play inside the arm's hole. Just be careful when bending it. Although they use some high quality steel, its still heat cycled enough - at very high temps - to be brittle enough. THEN you're SOL until you replace it.</TD></TR></TABLE> So I think it will be the vice grips and some nice words of encouragement

 

Bend it back the same way it got to that point! Good Luck!