X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma05.mx.aol.com ([64.12.100.31] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.11) with ESMTP id 4674085 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:58:52 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.100.31; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from imo-ma03.mx.aol.com (imo-ma03.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.138]) by imr-ma05.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p0E3w0w4002950 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:58:00 -0500 Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-ma03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.9.) id q.e8f.647f096 (37569) for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:57:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from magic-d18.mail.aol.com (magic-d18.mail.aol.com [172.19.155.134]) by cia-mb04.mx.aol.com (v129.7) with ESMTP id MAILCIAMB046-92c14d2fc9c16d; Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:57:53 -0500 From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:57:53 EST Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Apex seal update cont To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_d663f.2debf9be.3a6123c1_boundary" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5382 X-AOL-IP: 72.187.199.116 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: Lehanover@aol.com --part1_d663f.2debf9be.3a6123c1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/13/2011 9:50:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cbarber@texasattorney.net writes: I am still waiting for the Mazda apex seal springs to arrive from Mazdatrix. I will now need to order the rubber inserts as well and the corner springs and wait for them to arrive. Thoughts? I on an RX7 forum that some of the early RA springs are now known to be weak links. I am attaching some photos. Note, the springs are laying on their sides. All the best, Chris Barber Houston I used the solid corner seals from Mazda as the ones with the hole for the rubber plug tend to break under hard usage. Note the small cross section at the bottom of the hole. I have never broken a solid corner seal. They are a powdered metal product. The rubber plugs were a trick to get through emissions in California. (cold start) They soon get hard as diamonds, break up into pieces and fall out of the corner seal. Often being run over by the rotor. If I am provided pieces for an engine, I leave out the rubber plugs. I seldom find them still in high mileage engines. Lynn E. Hanover --part1_d663f.2debf9be.3a6123c1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 1/13/2011 9:50:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20 cbarber@texasattorney.net writes:

I am still waiting for the Mazda apex seal springs to arrive<= /A>=20 from Mazdatrix . I will now need to order the rubber= =20 inserts as well and the corner springs and wait for them to arrive.

Thoughts?

I on an RX7 forum that some of the early RA spring= s are=20 now known to be weak links.

I am attaching some photos. Note, the springs are laying on their=20 sides.

All the best,

Chris Barber

Houston

I used the solid corner seals from Mazda as the ones with the hole fo= r the=20 rubber plug tend to break under hard usage. Note the small cross section= at the=20 bottom of the hole. I have never broken a solid corner seal. They are a po= wdered=20 metal product.

The rubber plugs were a trick to get through emissions in California.= (cold=20 start) They soon get hard as diamonds, break up into pieces and fall out= of the=20 corner seal. Often being run over by the rotor.

If I am provided pieces for an engine, I leave out the rubber plugs.= I=20 seldom find them still in high mileage engines.

Lynn E. Hanover

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