-which shop do you take it to?

 

" they way TRD designed this thing"

TRD did not design this thing..... the S/C what u guys have are not designed or made by TRD!

 

The only thing that I can think of that TRD did not design is the actual blower which is made by Vortech, everything else was design prob. by a 3rd party for TRD, so not sure what you're trying to say with your statement. If you meant the shaft by gompka is not TRD's design you're right, gompkas design is better and so are the bearings that kikcaffe sells too.

 

Griffith's Auto Body in Santa Clara. They do all the engine work for Steven's Creek Toyota. They got the full gamut of machine shop tools in the back though.

Vortech makes some fine superchargers. Their basic blowers are pretty reliable and the superchargers they make for Toyota trucks is pretty good. However, TRD screwed the pooch when they, or their subcontractors put the SC together.

I don't think the spring washer exudes enough force on the sides of the bearing to really compress the bearings. The force of the spring washer just seems really miniscule. I've tried the feel of the shaft with and without the spring washer. The main differnece just seems to be how much force you use to tighten on the end plate that keeps the bearings sealed up - the plate on the pulley side of the housing.

 

IM talking about the blower.. not the oilpan or ecu or the trd intake or anything else which is OK. talking about the blower which has the poor shaft seal and bearings in it. which wasnt designed or made by trd

 

I think the worst part is the pulley side of the shaft - basically a long spinning shaft has to be really well put together and secured and perfectly aligned to not rip itself apart under high loads. See Gompka's threads.

 

Not nearly as many people have problems with the blower side of the s/c. That side was made/designed by vortech, everything else being trd designed. Usually if you have a seal problem its a sign that something else might be causing it. The shaft side bearings will always go out first because they have the least lubrication and are exposed to the most heat.

 

Correct, I would say 99% of the time those parts fail because of the poor shaft design and the low speed bearings they used on the shaft, which was design for TRD by who knows who.......

 

Doesn't matter as TRD put its name on it and is responsible for the product, so its still and always will be TRD's fault, granted they will never admit it, i don't care what people say about how nice they are blah blah. They aren't nice and screwing with trd s/c owners that put a lot of money into this is as bad as it gets.

 

Agreed 100%, I'm actually going to start looking into what it takes to get a class action suit going, so we'll see......it not fair that instead of trying to fix the problem they just decided to discontinue it, left allot people stranded/screwed, never admitted they were at fault or apologized in any way, trust me man, I can't stand the TRD brand and either and the people that run it.

 

Finally got my supercharger bearings changed out.

Also took off the heat shield and wrapped the exahust pipes so I'll have room in the future to futz around with the SC.

I'll probably have to change the bearings again in another 6 months.

I had the shop put in Gompka's Grease Nipple. Hopefully that will keep everything cool and lubricated. And that sounded much much worse than I intended it to.

Oh well. I'll probably start to get pretty good at taking off that end of the SC.

 

Lol, just give it a squeeze of lube about every oil change or every other oil change. Should keep things slick and cool.

 

for some reason .... even that i know everyone has a problem with the s/c im dying to get one :D of course a *fixed* one.

 

If you get one and run into some of the problems the majority have experienced, you'll be dying to get rid of it as well lol....good luck with that thou.