Subject: rubber snubber rod ends
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 2/20/2008, 12:16 PM
To: AARotary Engine


> Hi Paul,
> Do you have a supplier name for the vibration absorbing rod ends shown
> in the pix with the water pump mod's? Commonly they are used to support
> the back end of Jerry's oil pans. I've tried McMaster Carr but find only
> metal to metal rod ends. Any suggestions? Thanx Dave M
>
>
> They are not on the McMaster web site nor are they in the new catalog
> but they still sell them. You must call and ask for the part number.
> Part number is 6088K15 for the 1/2 inch male. You must also specify left
> or right hand tread. If you screw a right hand into a threaded hole
> it would be CW and a left hand would be CCW. If you make a link
> with right hand thread on one end and left hand thread on the other
> you don't have to take it all apart to adjust the down thrust angle.
> The Questair venture is very successful using this design. One can
optimize
> the top speed by adjusting the down thrust angle.
>
> McMaster never tells you who makes the parts.
>
> http://www.midwestcontrol.com/catdisplay_short.php?pg=209
>
>
>
> Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

You might inquire of Aurora.  They are in Aurora, IL near Chicago.
Yogi


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