Spike243 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Ok, so I decided it was time to rebuild and upgrade the turbo so I ordered a rebuild kit from gpop shop. It was the complete t3 kit with the one piece carbon seal and I opted for the 360degree thrust bearing upgrade as well. In the midst of this I decided to upgrade to a TO4e housing and wheel. My first question is what kind of seal does the stock turbo use? I pulled the turbo apart and I believe that the stock turbo uses a dynamic seal as opposed to the carbon seal that gpop shop states (there was no carbon seal that I pulled out but there is the 270degree thrust bearing with the thrust collar that I assume is also the dynamic seal with the piston ring on it?) . Because of this I dont think I can rebuild with this kit. My second question is that I opted for the 360degree thrust bearing and I want to know how this is supposed to fit together with the carbon seal? The instructions on the site do not show how a 360degree thrust bearing is assembled with a 1piece carbon seal? So to sum this up does anyone have detailed instructions how to rebuild with the kit I have? I assume the kit will work with my TO4e compressor housing and backing plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Stock ZX turbo uses a 1-piece encapsulated carbon seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlerMonkey Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 And they sometimes don't like to be driven out and replaced so be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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