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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:45:23 EDT
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Used engine price (was: Re: V shape Apex SealSlots?)
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In a message dated 04/15/2005 05:30 Central Daylight Time, 
lendich@optusnet.com.au writes:

<< Jesse,
 Now there's an idea - cutting oversized apex slots in  rotors and supplying
 oversized seals.
 George (down under)
 
 > Years ago, (40s or 50s, I think) perfect circle made a rig that cut ring
 > grooves a little wider and squared them up where you could use an over
 > width, thick, whatever ring to get the straight up and down side wall
 > containment of the ring.  It would also knurl little blocks saying perfect
 > circle on the sides of the piston to hold a little more oil and keep the
 > piston from rocking, if you had a little too much slack there.  Now, I
 would
 > think the same principle would work here, if you can get straight and
 square
 > in what ever the widest seal width would be. JMHO
 > jofarr, soddy tn
 > >>

This sounds good too. Or cut it wider and slip in a "U" shaped liner for the 
stock seal size. TIG it on the ends so it can't wander around. 

Lynn E. Hanover