.  I actually fired up the engine and

it ran - although shaking like a hippo in a disco - with the rear rotor

not

carrying its share of the load.  It looks like I have one apex seal

still

Yvon Cournoyer wrote:

Good afternoon Ed...
My understanding is that you are saying that your engine ran but shook
because the rear apex seals are still stuck in their slots....
I always thought that  defective apex seals deprived the engine of some of
its compression but did not cause imbalance of the rotating masses inside
the engine.
Why would stuck or defective apex seals cause the engine to shake?
Please elaborate,
Thanks,

Yvon Cournoyer

 
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