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Old 05-08-2023, 11:37 PM
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So I built a renesis, and all was well until I found half of a bearing in my oil 3500 miles later. I replaced apex, side, and corner seals in my previous rebuild but reused housings and irons the way they were. I'm planning on replacing the housings and lapping the irons on my next build. Are there major downsides to reusing apex and/or corner seals that have so few miles on them? Will it lengthen the break-in procedure significantly to use such lightly used seals on new mating surfaces? It'll be getting new side seals regardless so this question is only for apex and corner seals. I would appreciate any info you guys have.
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Originally Posted by doritomiata
So I built a renesis, and all was well until I found half of a bearing in my oil 3500 miles later. I replaced apex, side, and corner seals in my previous rebuild but reused housings and irons the way they were. I'm planning on replacing the housings and lapping the irons on my next build. Are there major downsides to reusing apex and/or corner seals that have so few miles on them? Will it lengthen the break-in procedure significantly to use such lightly used seals on new mating surfaces? It'll be getting new side seals regardless so this question is only for apex and corner seals. I would appreciate any info you guys have.
New Housings=new seals. Post pix when you take it apart. At that mileage they were bedded to the old housings.
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Originally Posted by kevink0000
New Housings=new seals. Post pix when you take it apart. At that mileage they were bedded to the old housings.
Got it, thanks for the response. I'll start a new thread later on to show what happened in the motor.
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