This ain't no build thread!

[HarryB]

Welcome back Mike! Love the new look, and will take you up on the pictures. Let me know if you want us to send new hardware; we have sourced domed cap nuts and correct length bolts, as most OE hardware has seen better days for most buyers.

[chiefmg]

Thanks for the fastener offer Harry, I'm going to stick with what I have though, I bought all new stuff when I first bought the wing so it's only a few years old (and stainless). Sent you a message about the pictures.

[chiefmg]

Heard from the rebuilder yesterday that they had disassembled my ‘charger and taken some pictures. Spoke with them today on the way forward. There were several things wrong that are a direct result of the incompetence of the last place working on it, I am more than a little bit peeved about that. Too much time has passed for me to address it. The biggest problem was a score on the shaft sleeve the other place had to put on, which over time chewed up the seal causing the leakage I saw. Here is how that looked (and how it made it out of that facility I will never know):



The score is readily apparent above the thumb on the hand in the picture. I had a good idea this would cost more than the base rebuild but it is quite a bit more. On the plus side, I will have new rotors, a new snout shaft with bearing and seal, new needle bearings, new timing gears and a new gear plate. Let the buyer beware is a real warning.

[—Bryan—]

Geez...that looks more like a gouge than a score, lol

[HarryB]

Yikes; agree with Bryan, seems rather deep. If it is only the sealing surface you might get away with filling it with epoxy and sanding it round, otherwise a weld and regrind might be the best way forward.

[chiefmg]

I'm getting a new snout shaft made. What's sad is this sleeve was installed because when I received it back from the initial overhaul last time, it started leaking within 100 miles. The shaft was sleeved when I returned it under warranty. Makes me wonder what the actual shaft looks like under the sleeve. I was also getting oil residue in the intercooler system which leads me to believe there was also a problem with the oil seals on the rotors where they pass through the bearing plate. All in all, the first overhaul I had done was not good.