Re: Wastegate removal

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <378987A4.A53520A0@remdesign.com> Wallace White writes:

> Now I've just got to get the thing apart to put the new diaphragm in. I
> think I'll go Phil's route and grind a socket down to fit the "coin
> slot" on the exhaust side. What an odd little slot. The sacrificial
> socket will be the dutiful cross-link socket, already ground to fit the
> X caps on the hydraulic pump. I don't plan on replacing those seals
> again.
>
> Any other tips on the coin slot?

Yeah.  You won't enjoy doing it with the draglink socket, because it's
an impact device and the steel is too soft.  You need a non-impact
draglink socket, otherwise you'll be forever renewing the edge on the
socket.

Also, _throughly_ clean the available part of the thread you're going
to wind the nut over.  It's covered in some kind of clear Loktite or
varnish.

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 Phil Payne
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