They wont lock to the housing right away, the might not ever lock up.

I've seen turbos that made 20+psi and made shitty power. It had a lot of play but wasn't hitting the housing yet.

2 weeks later, it began to hit the housing.
I told the guy it needed a rebuild soon, but he just wanted to run it till it blew up.

The car would make boost and go nowhere... then make no boost and also.. go nowhere.

He trashed the compressor wheels the bearings, the housings and basicly. The rebuild was over 700 dollars.

If you keep running a turbo that is touching the housings it will die a horrific and exciting death.

Actually. Keep doing it, and take pix when it goes.