Buick V6 with supercharger

zzebby · May 23, 2010, 11:20:26 PM

My 79 yr old mother has a Rivi with this engine......yea I know she doesn't need a blower. About a 98 vintage, anyway she lives up in Ontario Canada and I'm in AZ and she has told me that the front bearing on the blower is howling and service said $1000 just for the rebuilt blower. She can't afford that and asked if I could do something about it on my next visit. Car has 110K miles so no surprise on the bearing. A junkyard one may also be noisy. Is it a big job to change the bearing ? Or does that mean that the rotors are also worn out. But then she is not concerned with 0 to 60 times or smoking em off the light. Advice ??

zzebby · May 26, 2010, 02:23:21 AM

No one familiar with the Buick V6 supercharger

tomslik · May 26, 2010, 05:02:10 AM

we've got a few that come in to the shop but the blowers haven't ever been bad.....
i'd take a chance on a used one as i'm not aware of any pattern failures with them...

enjenjo · May 26, 2010, 10:56:08 AM

I agree with Tom. I don't know any one who has repaired one, so failure must not be common. I just talked to my buddy with a service shop, he has replaced bad engines with a blower, and just moved the old blower to the new engine.

zzebby · May 27, 2010, 02:37:58 AM

Thanks guys, I'll try the pick a part.

tomslik · May 27, 2010, 04:57:59 AM

hey, one thing, it takes a special lube in it...
i can get ypu a part # later today (got 1/2 bottle at work)

wayne petty · May 28, 2010, 05:27:36 PM

i think that there were several companies... one might have been blower drive service here is so cal that offers rebuilt blower drives for those...

let me check farther...

i have been buzy with the project /disaster i described in the throne room...

some pictures and maybe more info..

http://3800supercharger.net/

i just got off the phone with BDS>.. he said magnason supercharger in ventura ca... is more than likely to have some rebuilt drives...

in fact the nose drive tear down is linked on their site with pictures...

http://www.3800supercharger.net/nosedrive.html

this link was posted at the bottom of the installing a drain for the nose drive oil...

http://www.canadiansupercharger.com/

perhaps .. just swap a freshly rebuilt nose drive on...

need more info... just post...

wayne petty · May 28, 2010, 06:37:38 PM

one thing.... this is a project that water pump rebuilders might take on...

as well as some power steering pump rebuilders/ steering rack rebuilders..

you might want to print the photos in the nosedrive repair article .. at least in draft mode... so you have pictures to show...