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