South West Dubs

'ello,

Anyone got any tips or sources for advice for rebuilding Splitties?

I have a set of Oz Turbos that I need to slap back together with new outer lips and old nuts and bolts. I'm after advice on products and process really so I do not fuck it and have to split them again.

Bring the hate - but in the past I have put a thin bead of tiger seal on the mating surfaces, mount together loosely, then more tiger seal around the joins, leave for a bit and then tighten to 'spec'. But I always have issues with sealing so maybe don't listen to me!

Cheers Chris. I've heard Tiger seal is what to use, but then conflicting reports that just black sealant is fine too.

Yeh you can have the hate Chris …
My 2p’s worth, make sure all mating faces on the lips, barrels and centres (pending on how ya mounting them etc) are bare metal, degreased and I key those surfaces with 60/80 grit sandpaper.

Controversially… I don’t mastic the faces… I reckon you can google it and it’s 50/50 lol . Personally I have done both over the years and had more success without.
I torque up in an opposite bolt pattern as per wheel spec, degrease the joint again, then lay a thin bead 4-6mm of mastic (tiger seal etc, I use ct1). Let that cure for 20 hours and then go over again with a bigger bead 8-10mm pending the gap size of the lip/barrel etc.

Then…. Stand back, admire ya work and pray to god the tyre fitters don’t smash the crap out of them lol….or… they leak

Cheers Isaac. Will give it a go. Might test two with mastic'ed faces and two without and see which one leak lol