Wow just got finished rebuilding mine.. Not as easy as i though getting that C clip off.

 

Ok so ive got a question Sam.
http://www.vfaq.com/proj-pics/turbo/rebuild-23.jpg

I did not put that little brass thing between the turbine and the CHRA, did you? That picture is not from an sr20 turbo so im un sure if i forgot to put it in or if our turbo even uses that there. Thanks

 

by little brass thing, you mean the bearing...?

 

That piece is the bearing. All Journal Bearing Garrett T25 CHRA's are 99% identially constructed. If you re-assembled your turbo without the gold bearing in the turbine side, you will **** oil into your exhaust housing for about 30 seconds and then the turbo will disintegrate internally. Hopefully you are still on the driveway when this happens.

Post#4 discusses the turbine side, and the bearing is mentioned and the first picture shows it installed.

When you disasembled your turbo, didn't you remove a bearing from either side?

 

yes, and i just am 99.9% sure thats why i smoke from the tailpipe for about 2 min on every cold start, after that its fine thoe. Weird, guess its time to pull the turbo off and put that bearing in.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if you find the shaft scored and the turbine blades have nicked the sides of the housing. At 100k+rpm, not having that bearing in means all the stress of keeping the shaft aligned rests on the front bearing... I can't believe it didn't grenade the thing the first time you got into boost.

 

Jeezuz christ, I was really hoping he was joking. He was right? right?