mines bent? compressor wheel is seized up into the housing. how the hell does that happen? anyone need a good paperweight
Wow. That falls under the MegaSucks category. You can replace the CHRA, but that costs nearly the same as the whole turbo IIRC.
I went with the plain bearing because of that.
Wow thats crazy. I would never suspect you could tear up a gt55 at our level. Did you buy it new?
Did you use the oil restrictor on it? Roller bearings will "skid" with too high of oil pressure, they take about 5-10 PSI oil pressure IIRC. Obviously the MFR datasheet is the final word, but that's what I remember.
You can't catch a break that is something else... I can't even imagine how disheartening this is but why not just run a single and nitrous? Sorry to hear though
I'm sponsored by Garrett for now, so I must say they are the Best!
However the whole roller bearing rebuild thingy needs to be addressed, either through redesign, or a better customer service program and pricing on rebuilds.
That being said (knock on wood), I ran a "few" Garretts, and never had the either the roller bearing or plain bearing models fail. I've only melted OEM turbos, but I had that coming.