wicked wheel install

[massie]

Question? thinking about installing WW on 99.5 I have read about installation withoput removal of the turbo...... saw a clip on utube.... my question is if you donot remove the exhaust side of the turbo how do you get the compressor wheel off the shaft....... if it can be messed up I bet I can do it. thanks for your reponses

[HVAC SuperTech]

its not that bad. Take the down pipe loose, and put a rag over a long screwdriver, and stick it in the exhaust side of the turbo. make sure to spin the turbo till it hits the screwdriver. That should hold it.

[todd]

just pull the turbo its not that hard and if you do it on the truck you still have to pull the exhaust side to wedge a screwdriver in there to hold the turbine wheel while losening the compressor wheel

[HVAC SuperTech]

Oh, and then take a socket and loosen the comp wheel. It is normal threaded, lefty loosey, righty tighty.

[HVAC SuperTech]

you dont have to pull the turbo. You can take a 12 point 5/16 socket, quarter drive mind you and take the 5 bolts holding the comp housing off. You also have to remove the wastegate can, ten mm nuts on the back of it. Pretty easy to do that way. You dont have to take the exhaust clamps loose and worry about the exhaust leaks if you dont remove the turbo.

[bigcountrysg]

Scuffy did not remove the downpipe. At least in his video I did not see him mess with the dp. All he did was remove the compressor housing and then used an impact to remove the wheel.

Then he reassembled the compressor side of the turbo. Total time I think was 20 minutes.

[CSIPSD]

Pull the turbo... Its so much easier then doing it in truck... My wife installed her WW by her self. I did not help one bit...

[farm stroker]

I think it was maintain who had a vid on here, all they did was put an impact on the compressor nut and spin it, they had too try it a few times before it came though. I havent got mine on yet, have to do a search for it on here to be sure

[HVAC SuperTech]

yeah, Scott had an air impact, but I am not sure if this guy has one or not. it cn be take off by air if you have the tools

[bigcountrysg]

Originally Posted by CSIPSD

Pull the turbo... Its so much easier then doing it in truck... My wife installed her WW by her self. I did not help one bit...

I did mine myself too. But I did not remove the turbo. Took me about an hour. Because I loosened up the dp. Most of the time was getting the dp lined back up.