Supercharger rebuild

[desmocruiser]

I am not sure the I am to that point or not, the Supercharger is making a fairly pronouced whine. Has anyone had a TRD S/C rebuilt or can recommend a factory spec rebuilder? I think it would be wishful thinking to hope for a more minor repair!

 

[sleeoffroad]

You can send it to Magnuson. They will rebuild, test and send back.

 

[desmocruiser]

Thanks! I will be on the horn with them on Monday! Any idea what they charge for a complete rebuild and test?

 

[cruiserdan]

If memory serves it ranges between 4 and 6 hundred dollars.

By the way, blower-whine is normal and part of the charm. Your sig line states 82,000 miles. Has the blower been on for the entire time? Usually the blower is good for at least 100K before it needs a buff-and-puff.

 

[Ting]

If memory serves it ranges between 4 and 6 hundred dollars.

By the way, blower-whine is normal and part of the charm. Your sig line states 82,000 miles. Has the blower been on for the entire time? Usually the blower is good for at least 100K before it needs a buff-and-puff.

Good to know... what kind of buff-and-puff they do the SC? Just curious...

 

[cruiserdan]

They tear it down and replace bearings and clean everything up and replace the lubricant. I'm not sure exactly what they do with the rotors.

 

[Ting]

They tear it down and replace bearings and clean everything up and replace the lubricant. I'm not sure exactly what they do with the rotors.

When do I need to replace the belt in the SC? I believe it has 77K miles on it.

 

[cruiserdan]

That would be based on inspection. I like to change the belt about every 15,000 miles or so.

 

[desmocruiser]

If memory serves it ranges between 4 and 6 hundred dollars.

By the way, blower-whine is normal and part of the charm. Your sig line states 82,000 miles. Has the blower been on for the entire time? Usually the blower is good for at least 100K before it needs a buff-and-puff.

About 40k on the blower. It has always had a sound I would consider a whirl. The new much more high pitched whine (almost like I installed a gear drive on a V8) just developed in the last several days and sounds look a bearing type failure. In fact it sounds eerily similar to a 63' Avanti just before I locked the blower up on it when I was 19.

 

[cruiserdan]

That unit has not gone anywhere near far enough for that to happen. How about something else related to belt-driven accesories?

Idlers?

Have you recently changed belts on the alternator or A/C?


The blower sounds sort of like a vacuum cleaner.