Adjusting actuator?

[rox]

I have an adjustable aftermarket actuator on my glanzas turbo set up is there a way of adjusting it without removing it?

if so how?

 

[Aidan@EP-styling]

I have an adjustable aftermarket actuator on my glanzas turbo set up is there a way of adjusting it without removing it?

if so how?

You dont have to remove the Actuator. You do need to remove where it is clipped into the wastegate arm.

 

[Mike_ep91]

remove the clip that holds its to the wastegate arm and pull it out from it.
grip the arm with a pliers and loosen the lock nut (10mm) and then twist the arm in the way you want to adjust the actuator.

do not adjust it while its still attached to the wastegate arm or you will damage the diaphram in the actuator.

 

[rox]

yea thats what i thought the clip looks very very fiddley is it easy enough to remove and refit?

 

[andyglanzav]

yea thats what i thought the clip looks very very fiddley is it easy enough to remove and refit?

was handy enough with the turbo out when i did it, i'd say its a bit of a pig on the car tho.

 

[Aidan@EP-styling]

Yea remove the c-clip and then pull it through.

It is easy and the only fiddly part is the c-clip. e careful not to loose it

 

[rox]

Great thanks alot chaps

rep all round

 

[rox]

well i managed to remove the rod and undo the lock nut yet i could not twist the end section! is that the end that twiststhat the lock nut goes up against?

alos i have lost the sodding c clip!!!!!!

so where can i get one from tomoro? is it worth gettin a r clip aswell?

 

[kieran.s gt]

just use an r clip does the job

 

[CMR]

Yeah undo the nut and twist the end, dont twist the whole thing or you will ruin the actuator.

R clips do work ok i beleve, your best bet is to go to halfords and get a box of clips as they are stupidly hard to find when they ping off!

 

[rox]

is halfords best place to get em from then?

yea i managed to find it twice bloody thing!!!!!

any tips on getting it to adjust? i assume its seized to the rod?

 

[Mike_ep91]

it should only be the end part that twists.

i used a hairclip to hold the actuator when i lost the c clip.

 

[rox]

ahhh!!! hairclip good temp idea!

i've just drove it about 5 mile round trip and it didnt come off. would it just dump all the boost out the wastegate if it came off?