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Clem Nichols
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 Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: Emailing: Mail0001 |
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Attached (I hope) is a picture of the break which I recently noticed in the starter cover on my 582 engine. The arrow points to the approximate place at which the break occurred. The starter motor is still attached firmly because the break did not involve either one of the "ears" to which it is attached. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? Understand that all the rubber O rings were in place as per the diagram. Obviously the prudent thing to do is replace the cover, but at $342 it's a bitter pill to swallow. I had always been under the impression that an arch (which is what the cover amounts to at the point where it broke) had to break in 2 places to break at all, but I guess where cast aluminum is concerned, anything can happen.
Clem Nichols
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morid(at)northland.lib.mi
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: Emailing: Mail0001 |
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Aluminum can easily be welded by a competent welder.
Deke
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dave(at)cfisher.com
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:08 am Post subject: Emailing: Mail0001 |
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Clem, If the ear is cracked or broken on your cover then it will most likely fail at some point.
Now you can always hand prop your 582 to get it going but if the starter becomes jammed more damage could occur. As Deke suggested perhaps a weld job might work. A new cover seems expensive but would you rather R & R the engine twice incase the weld does not hold ? Now what is critical is to make sure you set the gap between the starter and starter housing at 1 mm ( about .040) - too tight and your cover will fail again. I have seen some attach ground straps to one of these two bolts and I think that might change the 1mm gap setting and make it too tight but I am not 100% sure. I wold ask the advice or a trained Rotax Shop for advice.
How many hours on on engine since the starter bolts have been tightened ? And maybe it a good time to pull engine and get a service done ?
Dave
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