Subject: RX8 Rotor
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 6/26/2008, 12:29 PM
To: AAA Put this in the To box


I just looked at a couple rotors and see a small roll pin
pressed inside a larger one.
The ID of the smaller one is .08. This would be a very
small self tapping screw to use
with a slide hammer. Has anyone been able to do it this
way? As for pressing it out;
the gear is larger than the rotor bearing; no way to get a
mandrel in there. A puller
would have to have a claw thickness of < .06 to grip the
backside of the gear. Has anyone
done it this way?
Robert

Nobody ever takes the gears out.

I have a rotor here that has all double drift pins.

Two other possibilities.

A)
Block the rotor up on a bench with the gear on the bottom
so the gear has room
to drop out. Use a 1/8 diameter drift pin.
Go in from the top and tap tap tap the gear out from the
top side. I think all pockets go
all the way through to the phasing gear. You can feel the
edge of the drift pin
contact the phasing gear. If you look closely from the
right angle on the gear side
you can also see the tip of the drift pin behind the gear.

B) use a large screw driver stuck in the .060 gap to pry
the gear up all around
so you can get a puller in there.

Perhaps a little heat on the rotor would also help.

When you get the gear out please take a picture of that
side of the rotor
without the gear.
-- 
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


YES that works, but kinda brutal on the gear. It had scars from the punch.
Here's a pic for a 93 twin turbo part.
Robert

Wow! that was quick. Thanks  a bunch for the picture Robert.
-- 
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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