Wastegate Actuator Arm

[jrschultz]

The clip on my wastegate actuator arm broke and caused the arm to come off. What's the best way to reattach it? I can pull it with my hand, but I can't hold it and reattach it that way. Should I use a vice grips or something?

 

[Barnes]

Some flavor of pliers should allow you to get enough grip to put it back on the wastegate flapper arm. Sometimes it can be a complete pain. I have done it by hand a few times though. Just make sure you have a quality cotter-pin to put back in where the clip used to be so it doesn't happen again. If you don't have a cotter pin, you can use a small nail temporarily.

 

[Jason G.]

I usually unbolt the actuator from the compressor housing, fit the arm on the turbine side first, then pull the canister side up to the comp cover.

 

[jrschultz]

What needs to be taken off first to do the above method?

 

[Jason G.]

Taking the intake hose off at the turbo would make access to the two bolts easier.

 

[jrschultz]

Thank you.

 

[jrschultz]

Quick update. I went to the hardware store and got a small vice grips. That did the trick. I was able to easily pull the actuator arm onto the flapper valve.

 

[4wheelsqueal]

Yeah!

 

[jrschultz]

Andrew, As you know I have a limited supply of mechanic tools. You would have laughed at me on saturday if you could have watched me struggling with this stupid thing before I called you. I figured I'd buy myself a vice grips since they come in handy on other things as well before I unbolted the wastegate. The right tool for the right job I guess. Sometimes I have to do things as an idiot to appreciate myself when I do something smart...haha

 

[4wheelsqueal]

Haha yep sounds like the way i do things! Glad it worked out.

 

[AuSpecVr4]

I set my Compressor to 7 psi and push air through the vacuum line /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif works great