Subject: Assembly Manual
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 5/18/2011, 11:25 PM
To: AAA Put this in the To box



I should be getting my o-rings in any day now so I can put my engine
back together.  Is there a manual that will tell me how to reassemble?
I will need bolt torques, and how to put the rotor in the housing
without all the seals and springs falling out.  Are the seals just held
in place with some grease or is there some special assembly procedure?
Thanks,
Randy

http://www.rotaryeng.net/interesting.html

http://foxed.ca/foxed/index.php?page=rx7manual


Use a bit a Vaseline to hold the O-rings in place.

As Tracy points
out don't use RTV to hold the rings in place as it could harden
and add to your problems. Buy the O-rings slightly under size on the big
diameter (no more than 5% under size) and stretch slightly them on a plywood form for a few days before installing them. They will then lie in the slot perfectly as we discovered with Perry's installation. Don't try to stretch the ring by hand or by another method as you could permanently neck them down.

http://www.rotaryeng.net/seals.html
http://www.rotaryeng.net/O-ring-size2.html

Paul Lamar

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