That simple… ? AWESOME!

Just jump the starter spade terminal to crank the engine over. A minute of cranking will get oil everywhere it needs to be, including the turbo.

Thanks Nodge.. This part of the assembly has a spacer but it’s solid and not crushable. The two parts(crown assembly and ‘lay shaft’) are pressed together initially(in a press surprisingly enough) Advice that I have read is not to go over board...

I often use an impact gun to tighten diff flange nuts. They often have a crush spacer between the bearings, which need to be compressed to pre-load the bearings. With an impact gun, care is need to tighten them correctly, using just a few impacts...

Hello folks.. Whilst my IRD was out I decided to remove and clean my turbo etc. now as I approach a possible end date for my IRD rebuild (🤔😏🤣) I’m thinking of the turbo and how to prime it before I lose access to the bottom of it once I replace...

Update on my IRD JIG assembly and an attempt to torque the pinion wheel nut to 184ft/lbs. I report ‘failure’. I used a 2mm steel plate to fabricate a locking device for the flats on the end of the ‘lay shaft’…Initially the locking device...

I'm interested in this. I dropped a known good IRD and damaged the casing so one day might want to move the internals to the casing from a bad IRD.

Hey All.. IRD REBUILD SAGA Continues I’m still here but in a much reduced capacity… in welding wire and ability. Having spent some time trying to identify a bearing etc and finally Looking at some video footage I had made during the...