New shoes are on hand, hopefully they fit.

I have the new CHRAs installed and spinning free. Unfortunately when I was taking them apart the nut on the drivers side wastegate rod was frozen and I sheared the rod. I'm going to cut another length off then thread the end to put a coupling nut in the middle along with a new piece of threaded rod that will go into the arm, so no big deal there. A little bit of researched I did looked like the wastegate should open between 6-9psi, but I didn't find a clear value. Any input here would be appreciated.

It also looks like I have been spinning the engine backwards while taking the transmission off and getting to TDC. TotalTechnik says to turn it COUNTER-clockwise and everyone else, including the Audi shop manual, says to turn it clockwise. Could I have damaged anything by going around a few times the wrong way?