Re: RD-17 crank defects—-

[jethro]

I DID notice that the bottom of the crank has a nasty deep trough cut into it where the lip on the oil seal would have been-
I have some Devcon Titaneium filled epoxy– dont know if that would stay in there if I filled the groove —
Does that big groove trash the crank all by its self ???????
I measured the rear section that had the rust pitts…. it is about .001 smaller than the other two. i kind of figured I had nothing
to loose by trying it. I will look in the sealock manual – but it may not tell me …. I would guess it might be like +- .0005 but I am just guessing….
the sealock manual seems pretty vague on some important things……

in the picture- one of the two dark rings on the right end is the deep groove the seal lip made……..

Tim