Rotor Weight ?
03-29-2004, 10:33 AM
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Ok so I found a balance in the attic and started going through my rotors. None of the pairs matched from the factory were even close. One of my rotors ate part of an apex seal so I need to find it a new partner. I ended up finding one that was very close in weight. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could remove some material from the rotor to get them dead on.
Also, Any info on balancing the rotors? I was thinking of hanging the rotor from the center of two of the corner seals and on the third using a scale to take readings of the different apexes. Then you just spin it arround till you have all the info then remove some material and retest.....Thoughts...
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Also, Any info on balancing the rotors? I was thinking of hanging the rotor from the center of two of the corner seals and on the third using a scale to take readings of the different apexes. Then you just spin it arround till you have all the info then remove some material and retest.....Thoughts...
Gregory
03-29-2004, 03:45 PM
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The rotating assembly on this engine (from mazda) had a B and an E. The E is heavier than the B. What gives? And yep they are spotless. The E is 1.5 side seals heavier than the B.
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03-29-2004, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GMON' date='Mar 29 2004, 01:45 PM
The rotating assembly on this engine (from mazda) had a B and an E. The E is heavier than the B. What gives? And yep they are spotless. The E is 1.5 side seals heavier than the B.
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03-29-2004, 07:27 PM
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https://www.nopistons.com/forums/index.php?...pic=22992&st=25
Look at the post by BDC. I hope he will chime in and tell us where he got that info.
Gregory
Look at the post by BDC. I hope he will chime in and tell us where he got that info.
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03-30-2004, 12:25 AM
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mazda does have a scale of being able to use some letters with others, I would need to check my tech manual at work for the proper sequence. But the rotors can vari with in the letter types.
Hope I didn't confuse the issue
03-30-2004, 01:28 AM
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the rotor are different there is B, C, D, E
they can be no more than one letter off from each other, like:
b, b or b, c
c, c or c, b or c, d
d, d or d, c or d,e
e, e or e, d
hopefully that makes sense the best rotors to have are either C or D cause they work with a wider range of rotors...
they can be no more than one letter off from each other, like:
b, b or b, c
c, c or c, b or c, d
d, d or d, c or d,e
e, e or e, d
hopefully that makes sense the best rotors to have are either C or D cause they work with a wider range of rotors...