How to deal with the wastegate

[theman53]

I have a KKK K24 and need to know how to tear it down and maintain it before installing. I can't get a normal hex key into the little bolts that hold it on to the housing. An idea of how this all works and what to do would be great. Thanks

[Rabbit on Roids]

are the wastegates different on the longitudinal turbos? cause i had no problem using a NORMAL allen wrench to take my gate out of my K24. but my turbo is off a 2.0 audi. wastegate is 90* of what normal is. but i had no problem taking it out.

[rallydiesel]

They must be because I also had to grind down an allen key.

[theman53]

OK now what do I lap or do to make sure it works as it should when I put it all back together?

[theman53]

I broke every bolt off in the wastegate. I had to recip saw the one off and torch another. The other broke off so that it didn't need any mod to get the thing off.
Now I have it hanging and it won't come out. Any suggestions? I don't have the first clue about this and it is really getting under my skin. Tonight was a 2 steps back kind of night. I just wanted to clean it up and put in a boost controller. I may have fried it, I don't know.
What do you do to this to get it to work again? I will weld nuts to the broken off peices to get them out, but then how to I put humpty back together again?

[theman53]

The washer looking deal is free if that is the heat sheild. I just can get the valve to come out. Maybe it isn't the heat sheild. What is indside the wastegate? Soot? To cut the last bolt off when I was done there was a small fire inside. I know EGT are high and that is why I didn't worry about blue wrenching it, but now I am concerned. I will try working on it this weekend. I probably shouldn't have messed with it, but now I have to

[theman53]

Not my pic, but after seeing this I know what is needed. I only have the little washer off the other needs to come out.

[Rabbit on Roids]

i used the gate as a mini slide hammer. worked like a charm.

[rallydiesel]

Once I had the wastegate off I couldn't resist pretending it was a one-footed droid and playing with it.