<VV> 1966 turbo

[Harry Yarnell]

...and that nut is a left hand thread...

harry yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FrankCB at aol.com>
To: <Sethracer at aol.com>; <1877colt at sbcglobal.net>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 1966 turbo


>
> Seth,
>    Define "spin freely".  <GGGGGG>   It's never going to spin as freely as
> the fan that blows air around your  kitches/den/bedroom, due to the drag 
> from
> the carbon seal.  But it  SHOULD rotate with one finger moving it, but 
> with
> some resistance.
>    Since both the turbine and the compressor wheels  are attached to the
> SAME shaft, they should spin with the same amount  of drag.  If they don't 
> it's
> possible that the nut that holds the  compressor wheel on has become 
> loose.
>    Frank "likes turbos" Burkhard
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