Curious if there are shops locally that can do this properly?
I would never trust anyone to rebuild or replace the center cartridge in a Garret BB turbo… out of 10-15 rebuilds i’ve known about every signle one has failed, but i think the seals are much easier to replace…
Would only trust a specialized turbo-manufacturer or rebuilder… not a shop with a guy who has done this before.
How can you screw it up?? The cartridge comes out of the box from garret, assembled and balanced. All you do is put your housings on. Jim from J&R (monster-tubro.com) got my cartridge for me. Good friend of mine. He can swap it for ya if you want but it’s really basic. If you need to get a hold of him let me know. The website is old. He’s no longer in Brampton and the number changed.
BB center sections are NOT rebuildable by ANYONE except garret… Period…end of story. Once you pull the shaft out, your SOL. Unless someone has some hard evidence other wise??? I have spoken to a NUMBER of turbo shops all over North America. They all said NOT rebuildable once I mentioned it was a BB.
Replaceing a center section is childs play though… but at that price you may as well send your turbo back blown for a credit on a brand new turbo.