Help! Turbo bolt snapped

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:40 pm

I was trying to remove my downpipe thisarvo to fix an exhaust leak near the mid muffler and as i was removing the bolts from the turbo that hold the downpipe on, one of them broke.

What do i do, i only have 2 bolts holding the turbo on (the other was cross threaded when i got it.

Please help

Gannon

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:44 pm

So I gather you mean one has sheared off in the back of the turbine housing ?

Cheers A .

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:25 pm

Yeah, sheared is a better word to discribe it, "sheared while it was trying to undo it" and yes off the back of the turbine housing.

discopotato03 · Post by **discopotato03** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:42 pm

Pain in the butt but it sounds like your going to have to pull turbo and get someone to remove the remains of the bolt . I think there's four bolts holding it to the up pipe , one for the brace and three to hold it on the flange . The oil feed pipe is a little fiddly but not as bad as some . From the turbo it runs down and under the turbo side head to another banjo bolt underneath this head .

None of this is unusual with turbos , they often have stainless steel fasteners and stainless threads have a bad habit of locking up . In the past I've had some success with high tensile steel bolts but possibly I was just lucky .

A .

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:07 pm

mine has four bolts/studs on turbo to dump pipe/converter. I feel for you buddy.

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:20 pm

yeah i almost did the same thing.

getting the turbo out isnt all that hard yes fiddly and small nimble hands to help,

as all ready said be bloddy careful of the oil lines...

Xtreme_RX · Post by **Xtreme_RX** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:59 pm

Pftttt they so easy to remove.

Drill out the bolt with a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the bolt.
Then use a Tap to re-thread the hole the same size as the original stud/bolt.

Then its fixed! I have done this to 5 or 6 turbos now.....

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:54 pm

Thats what im thinking.
But something crossed my mind, while i have the turbo off, why not put a
TF035 on there (xt forester turbo)

It doesnt take much to modify the up pipe and all i need is a wrx downpipe

Opinions?

Xtreme_RX · Post by **Xtreme_RX** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:21 pm

Gannon,

You Have a PM