On Nov 8, 9:23*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 11/8/2010 8:41 PM, Frank Whiteley wrote:

On Nov 8, 10:29 am, *wrote:

In the recent ASH-26 engine recall, it cost about $2800.00 to remove,
crate, ship, disassemble engine, replace crank, re-assemble, re-crate,
ship, install and test run the engine.
JJ

What were the reasons for the ASH-26 engine recall?

Thanks,
Craig

crank?

Yes, the rotor turns around the crankshaft, driving it with gear teeth.
The crankshaft delivers the power to the belt that drives the propeller.
Here's a good description of the Wankel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
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Oh the drive shaft. I thought he was talking about JJ. :-)

[Crank shaft | drive shaft | eccentric shaft] are perfectly
interchangeable names.

Darryl