Epic fastener failure...
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Well, currently upgrading to a Garrett from my chinacharger and I had a local guy coming by to buy my chinacharger, so I figured, better get the thing off so he doesnt have to wait when he gets here. Peeled back my heatshield to reveal some epic JGS fastener fail that I was completely unaware of. ![vash](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/vash.gif)
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this was a JGS Turbo T3 mounting hardware kit (10x1.5mm), was a good price but obviously failed me, any suggestions?
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Machine shop time. One thing to try before anything else though, try just tapping on the broken stud in the turbine housing using a small punch or screw driver at the edge of it to turn it out. I saw a clutch pressure platew bolt removed this way last year and it was amazing. There will be a little burr in the stud still in the turbine housing, you just give that some very gentle tapps counter-clockwise to get it to turn and get the stud out.
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Will be doing this! I assumed that maybe I overtorqued the nuts when tightening? Thats about the only thing I could think of that broke it, the only part of it that was broken was the threads that the nut itself goes onto, it broke basically from the bottom of the nut where it makes contact with the flange.