Rotary Engine Failure due to Side Rotor/Side Rotor Housing Clearance..

Bryan@BNR · 06-30-2009, 01:23 AM

Glen.

I have taken apart 100's or rotary engines. That being said. I have never, ever seen a rotor make FLAT contact with the irons UNLESS it was so overheated the irons swelled so much that they made full contact with the rotors. The times that I did see rotor to iron contact (with no overheating, rotor or main bearing clearance issues), it was when the rotor tips made contact with the irons. That means the rotor journals weren't perpedicular anymore to the end plates. The rotor is going to go in the direction of the shaft lobe.

06-30-2009, 01:23 AM	#11
Bryan@BNR Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 302 Rep Power: 18	Glen. I have taken apart 100's or rotary engines. That being said. I have never, ever seen a rotor make FLAT contact with the irons UNLESS it was so overheated the irons swelled so much that they made full contact with the rotors. The times that I did see rotor to iron contact (with no overheating, rotor or main bearing clearance issues), it was when the rotor tips made contact with the irons. That means the rotor journals weren't perpedicular anymore to the end plates. The rotor is going to go in the direction of the shaft lobe. Last edited by Bryan@BNR; 06-30-2009 at 01:29 AM.