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Useable Rotor?

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Old 07-04-2003, 04:04 PM
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Hi all, I am in the process of rebuilding my engine right now. I had a blown apex seal in the rear rotor. Now, There is a little wear in one of the apex grooves near the edge but the rest seam fine. There are quite a few small dings on the faces of the rotor and one pretty large one, where I assume the broken apex seal got swept by and drug against the housing. I was wondering since the seals hold in all of the compression, would the rotor be ok to use, or would the dings deem it unuseable? I tried to sand everything flush so nothing would wear against the housing, but I am just a little paranoid about using it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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Old 07-04-2003, 04:08 PM
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I wouldn't trust it, you can get ones in decent shape from junkyards pretty cheap.
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Old 07-04-2003, 04:33 PM
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don't use that rotor!
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Old 07-04-2003, 05:13 PM
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junkyard with a TII?!?! where? I haven't seen any turbos at any of my local junkyards. I took some pics and will try to get them up soon. Thanks for all your input so far!
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first one showing the dings...
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Old 07-04-2003, 07:46 PM
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2nd showing where it is slightly v-ed on the top...
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last one, straight on of the apex groove in question. its only the very top that is iffy, the rest looks to be in pretty good shape.
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Old 07-05-2003, 04:58 PM
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Listen to everybody else, don't use it unless your willing to risk another rebuild.
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Old 07-05-2003, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by WishIhadaRX7' date='Jul 5 2003, 01:58 PM
Listen to everybody else, don't use it unless your willing to risk another rebuild.
I agree with him, another rotor or another rebuild
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Old 07-06-2003, 11:10 AM
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I've been getting a real difference of opinions... This is the only thread where anybody has said don't use it. On the other forums, most say it doesn't look too bad.
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