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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I wouldn’t invest into changing the crank to make the new seal version fit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In your case it would be wise to stay with the lip seal which does fit at once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris (the inventor of the new seal solution)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>rek46@aol.com via Fot<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Samstag, 21. Februar 2015 13:08<br><b>An:</b> Dan via Fot<br><b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Fot] Rear Main Oil Seal Options<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>How about a Speedi Sleeve?<br><br>Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!<o:p></o:p></p><div id="htc_header"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Dan via Fot" <</span><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net"><span lang=EN-US>fot@autox.team.net</span></a><span lang=EN-US>><br>Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 10:40 pm<br>Subject: [Fot] Rear Main Oil Seal Options<br>To: "FOT List Triumph" <</span><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net"><span lang=EN-US>fot@autox.team.net</span></a><span lang=EN-US>><br>Cc: "Triumph List" <</span><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net"><span lang=EN-US>triumphs@autox.team.net</span></a><span lang=EN-US>><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>2/20</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>Good Evening All</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>I Am reaching out to all TR owners for your thoughts and advice concerning a decision I will soon need to confront.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>Several years ago I went in on a "pool purchase" led by Mordy D and have a beautiful billet steel Cower crank---built without the rear scroll and to the 2.50" dia. that was used at the time for the then new and improved "Lip Seal" I was planning on using. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>Fast forward to today and the really new Viton rear seal kit which I have purchased and would really like to use now that the engine is finally getting built. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>I am meeting with a couple of crankshaft specialists here in the Detroit Metro Area the first of the week to see if they think they can build up (with weld) the area that the scroll would have occupied and machine it back to match the stock crank configuration in order to use the Viton Seal. This leads me to ask two questions:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>1)<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Has anyone had this done or heard of it being done and if so any cautions or suggestions or lessons learned?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>2)<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Has anyone tried to use the Viton Seal on a crank that has had the scroll machined off and what has been the end result of this experiment, or would it be better to just use the now old "lip seal" and tighten up the carrier and lip seal and shorten the spring a bit to try and grip the 2.50 diameter surface a bit closer.?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>Any thoughts, cautions, theories, etc any of you have or could share (either via the list or privately) will be most appreciated. I have a lot of cool things going into this motor build and really do not want to screw it up doing something I do not fully understand.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>Thanks, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'>Dan Cronin</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#38571A'><a href="mailto:adcronin@gmail.com">adcronin@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>