bearings and seals are over priced

[Fred]

A few pics of mine before i strip it

[tdh-syorks]

looks quite clean already, mine was full of black oil and grease.

[Fred]

Only coz i gave it a wipe with cloth Tom.
You can see the black goo in the outlet Tube
an inch in or so.
Also, i flushed the charger with industrial Thinners
by pouring some in the intake side and turning the
Pulley a little.
Shook it about a bit then turned pulley again so it
would eject dirty thinners out the outlet port.
I had it in the passenger footwell of my Genisis
for a while and i noticed quite a bit of crap had
found its way into the intake ports even tho i`d
stuck some rag in it.
I had intended to have it apart anyway to check it
over even tho Pete thought it was mostly ok.
Have you tried yours out in the car Tom?
Just wandering if you`ve been out for a spin
since rebuild.
                  Regards, Fred.

[PeteG40]

hmm industrial thinners....hmmm.... stuff like that can rot seals you know!

it should be full of oil - as the oil mist feeds it, unless you have a catch tank.

[tdh-syorks]

not been out yet Fred, can't get the bugger to start, i snapped a bolt off in the casting when i was putting it back in, its the bolt that holds the earth wire to the unit so i'm gonna have to find an alternative route for that, i think thats why it isn't starting.
once i do get it started ill probably just leave it in the garage ticking over for a few hours, don't really want to take it out in this weather, just in case any anything happens, my first planned outing is the elsecar meet in april, tho i'll probably have it out before then,
so...... first task is get her started.

cheers Tom

[Fred]

Crap when that happens Tom.
These days if i have a stiff bolt then i want to know why and if i have the appropriate
Threading Tap then i clean out the Tapped holes.
All sorts of reasons why they end up tight like having been over tightened wich starts to knacker the threads, or old threadlock and general corrosion.
It`s worth having a set of appropriate Threading Taps around for things like that especially
where Heat is concerned and parts that are blasted with constant road/salt rain shite.

And yes Pete, I was aware of this but i`m gonna rebuild the charger regardless of how it felt
for piece of mind. I also used the Airline to blow out any remaining thinners so as to prevent
heavy vapour from doing just that and also to help blow out any remaining debris.

[tdh-syorks]

talking of vapours i can't wait till mine does fire up, i cleaned my air filter with TFR so that should give it a kick start, lol.
damn it my taps are in my locker at work, better wait till after new year now.

[Dan]

Pete, what apex seals do you prefer to use ?

cheers

[PeteG40]

tbh - i think most of the german places use the same supplier for apex seals - the ones i've had from Bartek tuning and G-ladersiete are the beige colour ones.. and i couldn't tell the difference. These are later vw spec - earlier ones being brown. The beige ones are softer, dont last as long but dont wear the scroll as much either! browns tend to be harder and less pliable

[tonysangha]

Hi there, can anyone help? i'm new to this forum and am wondering if anyone can advise me on where to get the apex seals from as i'm struggling to get hold of these. Much Appreciated. Tony

[Dan]

I got mine from http://www.g-laderseite.de/

[tonysangha]

Hi, Altho this rebuild i found on you tube of a G60 supercharger the concept is the same for a G40 ...i hope this helps.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQg9TRdUhys

[Richg40]

Nice vid that. I learned everything I know from the G-lader.info site, good job I printed the whole site out before it shut down. 

[Fred]

Tom, Did you get the apex seals from the bearing factors as well.
Just askin coz you never said.

Fred.

[PeteG40]

Tom said he didn't replace them IIRC

I think I've got a supplier who originally supplied vw in the 90s with apex seals.

Also think i've got a source for viton oil seals.