GM/Detroit 6.5L TURBOCHARGER – WASTE-GATE ACTUATOR REPLACEMENT

Remove or Disconnect (Figure 13)

1. Vacuum hose

2. E-clip retainer from the waste-gate lever pin.
• Access may be improved by removing the tur­bocharger heat shield.
3. Two waste-gate bracket mounting bolts.
4. Waste-gate actuator.

Install or Connect (Figure 13)
1. Waste-gate actuator assembly to turbocharger.
2. Shaft pin into lever hole.
3. Two mounting bolts through the waste-gate brack­et. Use a sealant on the bolt threads.

Tighten

• Bolts to 23 N-m (17 Ibs. ft.).
4. New E-clip on shaft pin.
5. Heat shield (if removed). Use loctite on the heat shield bolts.

Tighten

• Bolts to 6 N-m (56 Ibs. in.).
6. Vacuum line to wastegate actuator.