Found this under my hood after I did a couple WOT pulls. I just installed a thump racing tensioner too. Damn I hate taking this blower off. I have a seal that I bought a few years ago and I will make my first attempt at taking the case apart.
Vortech outer seal starting to fail
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If its coming from output shaft at the pulley it's easy fix, pull the charger, pull the pulley, tap a sharp punch through the seal and work it out, some ppl say drill a small hole but metal shavings and high speed bearings don't mix.
I don't know if I want to try to remove the seal with the shaft in the way or if I should take the Vortech apart. Guess ill figure it out when I have it on the bench.
It's just disappointing having to remove this thing again after all of the problems it has given me.
First ill have to find my spare seal and then see if I have a socket large enough and deep enough to install it if I decide to keep the blower in one piece.
It's just disappointing having to remove this thing again after all of the problems it has given me.
First ill have to find my spare seal and then see if I have a socket large enough and deep enough to install it if I decide to keep the blower in one piece.
I installed mine with shaft in, it was easy 5 min job after 2.5 hrs taking mine out. I can buy a lot of 5.00 seals for what vortech wants for a rebuild. And after they rebuilt the one in my car on 5/3/13 and it was already spray oil. If you run into any trouble feel free to ask.
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My seal blew on my T-trim a few days ago.. Blower is off and going to Vortech for a rebuild
I just did this a couple days ago. Since I had the seal laying around I decided to give it a shot. This blower was rebuilt in 2011 and I still have less than 1k miles on it...
Check out theses pics of what I found.
I had a total of 4 shredded belts and the last one that shredded must of dug its way into the seal. I had a SKF 25mm 40mm 7mm viton double lipped seal sitting in a tool box for the past 4-5 years and I decided to use it. The seal that vortech used had a metal case with a nitrile base seal with spring. I tried to source one of those but couldnt find a good US part number to pick one up.
I'm not sure how the SKF will hold up if I have another belt incident.
First, I washed the blower off on the outside because of the belt dust and oil residue that built up. I used solvent in a bench parts washer. Solvent did leak into the case of the blower. I let it air dry.
When I removed the 10 allen bolts and used the 2 locations to pry the case from the dowel pins this is what I found. The clearance between the case and the bearings is pretty tight. I would say its around 1/64" to 1/32" maybe tighter because it took some finesse to remove and reinstall.
The seal failed and you can see the spring reinforcement around the shaft.
This should still be attached to the seal housing.
Bearing with all of the specs of rubber covering it.
New seal installed. Wish I would of put an extension on the socket I used because it didnt go in evenly at first.
You can see its a little wavy
All back together. Everything is German torqued.
All of the webbed parts of the blower housing were black and since the case is not smooth its not easy to clean. The solvent bath with scrubber made quick work of cleaning it. I think it took me 5 minutes to clean.
Check out theses pics of what I found.
I had a total of 4 shredded belts and the last one that shredded must of dug its way into the seal. I had a SKF 25mm 40mm 7mm viton double lipped seal sitting in a tool box for the past 4-5 years and I decided to use it. The seal that vortech used had a metal case with a nitrile base seal with spring. I tried to source one of those but couldnt find a good US part number to pick one up.
I'm not sure how the SKF will hold up if I have another belt incident.
First, I washed the blower off on the outside because of the belt dust and oil residue that built up. I used solvent in a bench parts washer. Solvent did leak into the case of the blower. I let it air dry.
When I removed the 10 allen bolts and used the 2 locations to pry the case from the dowel pins this is what I found. The clearance between the case and the bearings is pretty tight. I would say its around 1/64" to 1/32" maybe tighter because it took some finesse to remove and reinstall.
The seal failed and you can see the spring reinforcement around the shaft.
This should still be attached to the seal housing.
Bearing with all of the specs of rubber covering it.
New seal installed. Wish I would of put an extension on the socket I used because it didnt go in evenly at first.
You can see its a little wavy
All back together. Everything is German torqued.
All of the webbed parts of the blower housing were black and since the case is not smooth its not easy to clean. The solvent bath with scrubber made quick work of cleaning it. I think it took me 5 minutes to clean.
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