rebuilding my charger as we speak

[olly elworthy 0]

using an RS rebuld kit form bar-tek i got of of edition 1 on this forum, has nice uprated countershaft bearings etc,,

 

all going well and back on teh rebuild,,

 

the only thing that concerns me is that teh bearing for the main shaft, supercharger pulley end has a plastic cage around the bearings as oppose to the old one had a metal cage around, new bearing is made by fag old one is nakichi,

do i use the new bearing or get another one with a metal cage,, all teh otehr bearings are exactly the same as the old ones apart from the countershaft ones which are uprated,,,

 

advice anyone? :D

 

 

 

here is the bearing,,

 

http://www.bar-tek-tuning.de/lshop,show ... 25576,.htm

[steveo29 0]

nakichi is a jabba on isnt it

[olly elworthy 0]

yes, new one is made by fag,, cage is made from "latest composite material" apparently,,

 

could be better?

[Shaggy 0]

We use FAG precision bearings at work on our CNC machines which run 24 hours a day, they seem to do the job and look like a good quality bearing.

Not sure if this has any relavance to G60s but there not really a "cheap" bearing manufacturer from my experience if that helps at all??

[olly elworthy 0]

hmm looks lie a good un then, ill finish putting the rest back together and check here again in a bit

[jezzaG60 0]

I've taken apart chargers which have never been re-built and they have the FAG bearing with a plastic cage..... shouldn't be a problem mate

[Tempest 0]

Ah yes the uprated secondary shaft bearings, commissioned by a mate of mine in Germany called Michael Arndt, who actually works for FAG :-) They have a higher temperature rating for the grease, allowing for more headroom on the max. permissible speed of this bearing.

 

Tempest

[kongo127 0]

I also know M. Arndt!

He sells several stuff at eBay.de!

That´s where i met him!

[goodridge 0]

Nice one mate. Piece of piss aint it! :)

[olly elworthy 0]

all done now,, bit of heating to casings and teh bearings go in ok,,

 

bit nervewracking and so many things you can damage but got there in the end reallly carefull as i went,,

 

just gotta get a few hundred miles on it so i can give it some stick,,