[blitzkreig]

took out my twin turbo set-up. before i sell it, i was checking the turbo over, making sure they were in order. spun the compressor wheel by hand and noticed they were not spinning free. aren't these suppose to be BB turbos.

 

[MikeFinlayson]

R34 TURBOS

Hi R34 turbos are ball bearing,and the elbows are steel. hope this helps regards Mike

 

[blitzkreig]

thanks. good to know they are BB. i have spun BB turbos by hand and they spin very freely. but these turbos does not complete one revolution when spun by hand.

 

[xxfr]

thanks. good to know they are BB. i have spun BB turbos by hand and they spin very freely. but these turbos does not complete one revolution when spun by hand.

Then you are lucky you removed them on time before something BAD happened.

 

[blitzkreig]

Then you are lucky you removed them on time before something BAD happened.

yes i am lucky. another observation i made was that two bolt was backing off from the cartridge holding the turbine hsg. mind you, these turbos have never been out before.