[Shop-talk] Trying to find odd oil seal

[Donald H Locker]

Ah! I have seen scroll seals as you describe, but usually as a helix cut into the shaft or bushing.

Good luck!
Donald.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Horne" <patintexas at icloud.com>
> To: "Donald H Locker" <dhlocker at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Shop Talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2017 9:25:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shop-talk] Trying to find odd oil seal
> 
> Thanks, Donald. Never seen this type before either.
> 
> My description may have been clear to me, but not to others. The slinky
> comment I made meant to be that the shat goes through the center of the
> slinky, not wrapping the slinky around the shaft. The slinky had a rubber
> wiper on the inner dimension, causing multiple lips to be against the shaft
> when in use. You had to have the correct wind on the slinky so the oil would
> be pumped back into the engine, rather than pumped out!
> 
> Peace,
> Pat
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald H Locker [mailto:dhlocker at comcast.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2017 8:22 PM
> To: Pat Horne
> Cc: Shop Talk List
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Trying to find odd oil seal
> 
> Perhaps like BalSeal - <http://www.balseal.com/rotary>
> 
> Donald.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pat Horne" <patintexas at icloud.com>
> > To: "Shop Talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 2:31:30 PM
> > Subject: [Shop-talk] Trying to find odd oil seal
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Decades ago I saw an oil seal for a shaft that I am trying to find again.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Picture a slinky with a rubber sealing lip on the inside. You wind it
> > around a shaft when the end of the shaft has a flange on it too big to
> > pass a normal seal
> > 
> > .
> > 
> > 60’s Datsun Roadster engines use rope seals on the back end of the
> > crank that are really difficult to get to seal properly. I thought
> > that if I could find a source for this seal that it might be worth a
> > try. I’d have to machine the block & cap to accept it, but I have a spare
> > to try it on.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Shop Talk content: I will be rebuilding this engine in my shop soon.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Peace,
> > 
> > Pat
> > 
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