Is There Anything Wrong With This Turbine Wheel? Picture Inside, Have A Look.

[Andi]

Hey guys

Just about to purchase a turbo and then noticed this on the turbine wheel. Its the centre where the arrow is point, it looks like theres a bend in the plate/washer that under the bolt that holds the turbine wheel?

Is this normal and perfectly fine? Or is this no good?

Thanks,

Andy

[Gazee]

looks normal... have a look at some more turbo wheels and see if they look the same, i'm pretty sure mines like that aswell

[Devils_Advocate21]

get some carby cleaner and clean that thing up then check for shaft movement side to side back and forth and check for any chips that is a good start

Cheers

A

[Omurru]

is it actually a bend or has it been ground out, looks to me like a bit of material has been removed for balancing purposes, kinda hard to tell from the photo....

[SLIPPERY]

i reckon its normal

You see it on plenty of turbos

[drf76]

is it actually a bend or has it been ground out, looks to me like a bit of material has been removed for balancing purposes, kinda hard to tell from the photo....

yeh looks pretty normal, from the photos it just looks like it was ground out for balancing

[BHDave]

normal. nothing to worry about

[andylaurel]

yeah they grind the nut rather than the wheel...

can you imagine the ridiculous howl that an asymmetrical turbine wheel would create

[WogsRus]

YOu sure, i think it's the lock washer bent up to prevent the nut from undoing.

[Andi]

Thanks guys, it seems to be nothing unordinary. The owner reassured me there was nothing wrong with the turbo when it was removed and is happy to refund me if theres anything wrong.

Appreciate the help guys!

[Beer Baron]

YOu sure, i think it's the lock washer bent up to prevent the nut from undoing.

BINGO!

[GeeTR]

I respectfully disagree, as have seen dozens of examples where it looks like a section of the nut has been ground off.

x4 - Ground nut

[Beer Baron]

yeah, but that doesn't look like the nut to me, it's the washer that's bent 90 degrees. you can see the nut, the bent thing is the washer.

[djr81]

Have a look at the following pic & then you can stop arguing.

[Pauly33GTS-t]

It looks like mine did (w/o the dirt) when I got mine fitted, its fine, carby clean it and then fit it.

Edited April 27, 2007 by Pauly33GTS-t

[Andi]

Ok I got the turbo in the mail and had a good look. Its actually not a washer bent up but it is a chunk missing out of the centre. The turbo did have the CHRA replaced by Racepace so I'm assuming the chunk could have been taken out for balancing purposes? Heres some slighty more detailed pictures.

The scary part is I'm not sure if its actually been ground out on purpose, the feel of it feels like it broke off. It's got that rough clean cut feeling to it like if you broke off a corner of a brick.

[Beer Baron]

it's supposed to be like that. don't worry about it.

and turns out I was wrong now the question is should I go back and edit all posts to conceal the crime???

[Andi]

Haha Richard your opinion was as good as anyones given the crappy first picture I posted up.

[STATUS]

should I go back and edit all posts to conceal the crime???

nah just add a " " and no-one will know if your serious or not

[Buckyuk]

Its fine, every turbo I have had in the past has had this, I have had loads of turbos, around 15 and each one has a little ground out like that.