[wbradley]

Originally Posted by Scott@HKSUSA

wbradley: sorry to hear! with the s/c mounted, the oil pump inlet is on the lower right-hand side of the drive. The oil pump outlet is on the lower left-hand side. The picture in the manual isn't the greatest, I'll agree, but the plumbing layout is accurate.

HKS does offer some service parts:
http://www.hks-power.co.jp/en/produc...ch/product/727

But from your description, unfortunately you will probably need a new supercharger.

Interesting that the traction fluid filter is on backorder even though despite the relatively low replacement frequency, it is a consumable item for this kit. Also, the oil cooler cannot be sold separately. Virtually all Rotrex type and Vortech centrifugal superchargers are rebuildable. And HKS offers a rebuild kit for this blower on the Japanese website yet the distributer in North America will/can not tell me on the phone if I can order those parts. I have a rebuilder and I have sent out the blower to be opened and hopefully repaired. Considering the blower alone will run me approx $3500 landed I would feel very disgruntled if the unit is repairable and HKS refuses to make the parts available. Seriously, that would be horrible PR. I see people rebuilding the other brands regularly as they can wear or deteriorate in performance on occasion. Why would there be a part# for a rebuild kit on the corporate website shown if they cant/won't provide it? Isn't rebuildability part of the decision making process when choosing which unit in the market to buy? This vehicle is a lot of peoples daily driver, so they need to have some product support for a vital component once installed. It's not like its easy to just remove it and move on.