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I don't how I missed it before, but I was reading
over the helpful instruction set that Tracy sends out with the Overhaul
Kit. There is only ONE thing that they suggest checking on your rotary
engine.
Quote: " Check the apex seal groove
carefully. The stock seals tend to wear a "V" shape at the opening (mouth)
of the groove (rotor). If the grooves have been "V'ed" more than 0.010"
clearance, (a groove opening width of more than 0.125") your rotor MUST be replaced or machined to accept 3mm
apex seals. The overall seal to rotor clearance should be 0.002 to
0.006".
I added the red and bold to the "must" in the statement
(Ed)
So I think its quite clear that Bruce T (whom I
assume provided the input on the instructions) feels that "V" apex grooves could
lead to BAD things. Now my V was outside Mazda spec but within the limits
of above - however, if all the factors stack up against you at the same time,
perhaps bad things could happen before you reach the above limit.
FWIW
Ed
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