Bearing plate
 

I just disassembled my 16g and noticed a small scratch on the face of my bearing plate. Is this a nono or will it make no difference?

P.S.
I have a new-found hate for snap rings.

Use 90* needle nose pliers, big ones, for the large compressor snap ring. By bearing plate do you mean your thrust bearing?

i don't think so, its on this website, scroll down and you'll see "bearing plate" on the picture showing the assembly view of the turbo

http://www.2gnt.com/www/corbin/rebuild16g.html

i see, if the scratch isn't bad I wouldn't worry about it.

here is the scratch

http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/e...urrent=16g.jpg

(i can not work the [img] tags due to my stupidity, somebody enlighten me)

that's nothing, it's just there to seal the intake side.

no problem... you are fine to use it like that.

The easiest way is simply to click this button https://www.miataturbo.net/images_pb...nsertimage.gif which is just above the text entry window. It will ask you for a URL, and you enter the full address of the picture, which in this case was:

http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee302/mazda_nissan/?action=view&current=16g.jpg

To do it the old-fashioned way, you use the [IMG] and [/IMG] tags to enclose the address, as follows:

[IMG]http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee302/mazda_nissan/?action=view&current=16g.jpg[/IMG]

yeah you should be fine

thx for the feedback, i was making sure i didn't bust the turbo when my screwdriver slipped :eek5:
do you have to be a supporting member to post the pics? because i haven't paid phillip my dues yet and i get this
http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/e...urrent=16g.jpg