xjr supercharger rebuild serice or supplier of kits

[chrisdurham]

hi guys, just noticed today a bit of noise from my supercharger. nothing on idle but when you blip the throttle its like marbles rolling about. clears when you rev it.

bugger - as i was going to sell it soon :-(

ive read quite a bit on replacement couplings etc that could be causing the problem, but im sure its coming from the rear of the charger which would suggest the rotors.

can anyone recomend a trustworthy company that can re-build if required?

is it worth trying to replace the coupling first to see if that solves it? if so where can i get the rebuild kit from?

cheers

chris

[edward1]

I tired looking into this some time back (fortunately my noise was from the charger belt). Searching around the web I found that in the UK people seemed to indicate that you had to swap the charger, however in the US they seemed to take a different approach and kits for the coupler and oil chage were readily available from over there. I never pursued it though. I did get some oil for the charger, a BP spec oil used in the areo industry.

[e600]

Hi
A couple of years ago I used a company up in a
Aberdeen and they did an excellent job changing seals, bearings and coating the rotors. This was for my project
Jaguar E Type where I fitted an Xjr engine/ and box into a series 3 E Type.

[niccis dad]

e600 said:

Hi
A couple of years ago I used a company up in a
Aberdeen and they did an excellent job changing seals, bearings and coating the rotors. This was for my project
Jaguar E Type where I fitted an Xjr engine/ and box into a series 3 E Type.

Hello, just trawling through these threads having just bought an XJR and being in the N.E. of Scotland am wondering who you used for the 'charger' work. Also, the XJR into E type sounds wonderful. any chance of any updates, pics on this?

[e600]

Have a look on www.patsetypes.co.uk.

Can't remember the company details who overhauled the sc but a bit of perry mason on google should get you there

[P700DEE]

There was a bloke from Scotland on a number of Jaguar forums who rebuilt chargers and powder costed etc. Unfortunately he disappeared aledgedly with a few chargers that never got done. Good luck in your search but widen it to anyone who rebuilds.
I got a kit to swap the oil from Lawson at Powerhouse automotive, he might be able to help if you really need a re-build.

In my limited experience the Eaton charger is very reliable and rarely gets to a state that you need to swap the bearings. An oil change helps quieten them and they can get very noisey with no lack of bost. Far moore common is noise from the belts and pulleys that can be easily sorted

[NormanD]

Contact http://www.powerhouseautomotive.co.uk/content/jagu...


I know he does supercharger repares

Edited by NormanD on Friday 28th June 17:21

[Piersman2]

I've just fixed my supercharger on my 2001 xkr, it had a rumbling, rattling noise at tickover which once heard could not be unheard.

I went to powerhouse and bought a new refurbed pulley with a 10% pulley upgrade. I spent about 20 hours over 3 days swapping it over for it only to make no difference.

I've just spent about 10 hours this weekend re-doing the whole job to replace the rear needle bearings and it's done the job.

Lessons learned:
If you're gonna spend the time to remove the supercharger to replace the snout bearings, do the needle bearings at the same time, it's only an extra £45 for the bearings and about 30 mins to swap them out. Saves going back and doing it all over again!!

It's a lot quicker to do the job a second time, it took me about 20 hours the first time as I struggled to follow the instructions step by step. This weekend it took me about 10 hours as I knew what needed doing and what NOT to bother doing. Also knowing where all the awkward bolts are and what tool best gets to them helps immensely.

If anyone wants a more detailed list of things to consider when doing this job let me know and I'll post some notes up.