Mitsubishi TE04H Turbo Help

Turbo came off a 1990 Dodge Sprit and is going into an AW11 (see build thread).  I need to clock the turbo both compressor and turbine side so that I can have my oil drain lined up where it needs to be and so that the waste gate mounts line up.   If I can't I'll have to create some method of mounting the waste gate but I would prefer the stock solution.   

I can easily get the turbine side off its just a clamp.   The compressor side though is held on with a ring clip.   I have the pliers and can compress the ring clip but the housing won't spin on the center section.   I've been heating and PB blasting the housing and clip for a couple days but so far haven't been able to budge it.  Is this turbo locked in some fashion so you can only clock the turbine housing or do I need to keep working on it?   

I want to make sure I don't break out a pin or something before I truly start cranking on the thing.   I also have the housing held in place by my vice but I'm worried about cracking it.   Is this something I need to worry about or is it strong enough that as long as I don't put a giant crowbar on the vice it will be ok?

I think there is a pin in the backing plate that you have to remove the housing entirely to remove before the housing will spin.  I could be wrong on that though.

Listen to minivan racer.

last tdo4 I clocked had a dowel in the cold side housing.

In reply to minivan_racer :

I think you are right.   There isn't a ton of info on these turbos but some honda guys were talking about it.  Man I really don't wanna dissasemble the turbo completely those snap rights are a pain right in the cunninglinguals to deal with.   I think I'll go the make the waste gate mount myself route.   I just need to make sure the oil drain is down and the exhaust is pointing roughly the right direction I can work around anything else.  

What are the cold side housings made of usually?  Are they weldable with just a regular flux core welder?

Just pop the circling off and you can get the housing loose to remove the pin.  You don’t have to pull it completely apart.

Even after the snap ring is out the compressor housing will be stuck on there pretty good. You need to clamp the exhaust housing back on so you can grab that in the vise and smack the compressor housing loose with hammer taps. Just don't smack it in a direction where it will bend the compressor blades when it does come loose.

With the snap ring removed, you may also be able to use a pair of screwdrivers to pry upward on the center housing, pushing away on the compressor housing.  You'll have to pull the center housing out of the compressor housing, remove the little pin, then reassemble clocked as you want it.

Thank you for the advice I've decided to just go with clocking the turbine side so that the center section is located properly in relation to the exhaust inlet and downpipe.   I've adapted the wastegate mount already it ended up being pretty easy I was able to use on of the original mounting holes and drilled used one of the tapped holes in the housing for the other side drilling a hole in the waste gate bracket.   It actually wasn't too hard to do.