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Message: [QUOTE="Cr500, post: 578654, member: 9468"] I've seen alot of gtp38s over years that had a wheel replaced, not balanced and eventually wear out the bearing housing to point where the largest oversize bearing ( bushing) isn't enough. A stock replacement cast wheel will have grind marks from having some type of balancing. There is a spec for that wheel, part, turbo, etc. it is a huge range. Is just like buying pistons or something. Go to ford/ ih, buy 8 single pistons, and then go weigh them. They will all be close to each other, but not close enough for someone that cares. Also, consider this. Those " pre balance" marks are also for a turbo that, under those specs would never exceed 20 psi, or x rpm. Think also of an un balanced tire. At 5 mph you may not notice anything. But at 70 mph it may seem your driving down a potholed road, only that road is nice and smooth. Now, there are more than one manufactorer of billet aluminum wheels. One company might vary from the next. To date I've bought maybe 6-8 different billet wheels for various turbochargers/ applications. None had any grind marks, just a nice looking machined part. Maybe the diesel site stuff is different. It seems very half- ass to not balance a rotating assembly once you have replaced parts, especially parts that are not even the same that you replaced with. [/QUOTE]

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