My siverbullet 66 has some "in and out" impeller shaft play. is any play ok? secondly how much should it cost to rebuild. I have been told $1000
How much $ to rebuild turbo?
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I had my S300 rebuilt and turned into a 66mm for 600.00 but probably got a discount . i cant imagine more than 600-700 for a rebuild .
I had my S366 rebuilt by high tech for 300 dollars. That was for new bushings only, if the wheels need to be replaced then obviously it would be more.
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Thrust play is a no no. If there hasn't been any contact yet it will be much less. I would say around $300
If its a 66/74 you can buy a whole new t4 turbo for 900 and put your housings on it if theyre telling you 1000. High tech would probably sell you a cartridge for 700. Thats what mine cost.
Heres the T4 charger: http://www.diesel-plus.com/dd_turbo.cfm?npid=7248
Heres the T4 charger: http://www.diesel-plus.com/dd_turbo.cfm?npid=7248
We can get you whole cartridges for cheaper than that, as has been said a rebuild should be about $300 as long as there hasn't been contact with the housings and the wheels are in god shape.
I just had my S400 gone through with new bearings adn rebalanced and it cost 125 plus parts which was a little over 250 total.
It's a t-3 turbo so you need the after market pedestal but it is a good turbo. You can pull anything but it takes a bit of fuel to make it happy. I make around 700hp on it and it has good daily driving characteristics.
I rebuilt my HTT myself for $250 in parts for a complete rebuild kit. Like it has been said as long as the wheels haven't made contact with the housing you are ok.
Check with Alamo Turbo in Edmonton or Calgary. Not my preference because they were A-holes to me, but they can rebuild a BW.
This is also where I would send it. Don't know about the arsehole factor but Simon has been using them with good results/feedback. I sent a 4294 down to them that I bought and found out it was NFG which pissed me off but they didn't charge us anything for the work as we bought a turbo from them. This is your best bet to get anything done locally IMO.
Dustin, is this $300 including rebuild parts, rebalancing and labor?
Where do you guys send your turbos or do you just rebuild them yourself?
Turbo parts are individually balanced - the compressor wheel is balanced by itself, and the turbine wheel and shaft is balanced itself. You can put the 2 together any way you want and it will be balanced. Think of it like this: if tire companies zero balanced tires and rim companies zero balanced rims you wouldn't have to balance a tire/rim combo after mounting.
But parts and labor for a rebuild (without wheel damage) is $300 for an S300. An S400 is not far from that.
Thanks Dustin, I had heard that Garrett individually balances all their parts, but I was looking for someone that would media blast my LLY's T37 compressor and turbine wheels, mic the shaft and then check them all on a spin balancer before I reassemble everything again. It's a bit of a pain to take out the turbo so I want to make absolutely sure the job was done right when I go through the rebuild process. Any further insight/help you can provide on this would be greatly appreciated. :thumb:
My advice on rebuilding stock turbos is to not waste your time or money. Run it until it breaks and then buy a used one for a couple hundred bucks from someone that upgraded and repeat the process.