[TR] New Crank Seal from Germany

N197TR4 at cs.com N197TR4 at cs.com
Sun Apr 18 08:54:52 MDT 2010


Hi,
a fellow in Germany is has come up with another solution. For details see

http://www.tr4-racing.de/download/splitseal.pdf

will it work??

Opinions appreciated.

Wiard
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Wiard,

Boy!      You sure picked up quickly on this product announcement!  

Christian's crank seal design process has been very thoughtful.  There is 
no reason why it should not work. It also avoids the need/cost to grind the 
crankshaft. 

Christian has invested in tooling to produce this seal and the first 
production run is complete. 

Two of the Viton Seals are coming to the U.S. for testing in TR3/TR4 race 
engines. Christian expects success as the scroll seal is followed by the 
Viton Lip Seal. 
                      Redundant Engineering, if you will.

The current plan is to produce a low cost alignment tool and include it in 
the Installation Kit. This tool design has been completed and only needs to 
be released to production here in Iowa.  The alignment tool will be offered 
for sale on it's own, so everyone can have one in their tool box....at a low 
cost. It can be used for both the OEM seal and the Combination Scroll/Viton 
Seal.

Joe A

For a number of my own reasons, I have always used the OEM crank seal. I am 
looking forward to using Christian's new seals.  Care in installation 
remains paramont, but the Viton Seal should be more forgiving.....and should 
catch that last frustrating drip.  Proper ventilation on race engines will 
remain important, in any case.  (Key Words:  Crank Case Evacuation)

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