So I've had a problem with these backing off recently(end of my last DE). This DE they kept backing off. I'm talking 1-2 mins on track and freshly tightened deformed thread locknuts were falling off.
The turbine inlet gasket is now looking like a piece of bomb fragment now.
So conveniently I ordered turbo to manifold locking plates from the dealer a week ago, and have a new turbo to toss on. But after this trouble, I'm wondering if I should go a step further. I'm thinking maybe copper lock nuts from FRSport(http://www.frsport.com/FRSport-Turbo...ut_p_3096.html), along with the locking plates? If that doesn't work...
The other option is to put a tack weld on each nut. That will definitely hold them, and I'm honestly leaning towards this route. At worse I could just grind them off if I'm every pulling the turbo. Given the problems I've had, I'm kind of leaning that way though.
Option 3 is safety wire, but I'd rather avoid this, as it's still possible for wired nuts to loosen slightly, and the turbine gasket doesn't do much good if it isn't compressed.
My downpipe to transmission mount is a little bit knackered(stretched), so that might be contributing to the issue, and I plan to fix it. But I want to make sure this is NEVER an issue again.
Thoughts?
The turbine inlet gasket is now looking like a piece of bomb fragment now.
So conveniently I ordered turbo to manifold locking plates from the dealer a week ago, and have a new turbo to toss on. But after this trouble, I'm wondering if I should go a step further. I'm thinking maybe copper lock nuts from FRSport(http://www.frsport.com/FRSport-Turbo...ut_p_3096.html), along with the locking plates? If that doesn't work...
The other option is to put a tack weld on each nut. That will definitely hold them, and I'm honestly leaning towards this route. At worse I could just grind them off if I'm every pulling the turbo. Given the problems I've had, I'm kind of leaning that way though.
Option 3 is safety wire, but I'd rather avoid this, as it's still possible for wired nuts to loosen slightly, and the turbine gasket doesn't do much good if it isn't compressed.
My downpipe to transmission mount is a little bit knackered(stretched), so that might be contributing to the issue, and I plan to fix it. But I want to make sure this is NEVER an issue again.
Thoughts?
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