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1. [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:00:51 -0400; I don't understand why you guys experience "out-of-the-box" rotor failures. Just how do they fail? A rotor is a small lump of plastic with a bit of metal. I understand a part built incorrectly, or we; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00699.html (7,738 bytes)
2. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "K. Valentine" <kevin@valentinephoto.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:33:37 -0400; Tim, Neither do I. As you say they are a simple design and they should work. Of the three rotor failures I've had, 2 of them were bad out of the box. They just wouldn't work. The third worked for abo; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00700.html (7,670 bytes)
3. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:46:15 -0400; Would you classify the failures as electrical (something you could measure with a volt/ohm meter) or mechanical (a tolerance defect you could detect with a micrometer)?? Tim Tim Collins ____________; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00701.html (8,059 bytes)
4. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "Brent Wolf" <wolf.brent@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:54:27 -0400; I don't know for certain, but I think what is happening is that the rotors are built to poor tolerances and they fit on the rotor shaft a little to tight. When they heat up a bit, they develop a hai; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00702.html (9,418 bytes)
5. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: Peter C <peter@nosimport.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:12:42 -0500; Rotors, rotors. Other lists, fora, BBs have been all over this. Let me elucidate: There ARE bad rotors being sold. There are several ways they are failing, and several causes. Some have the rivets fa; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00706.html (8,691 bytes)
6. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:47:41 -0700 (PDT); And some are a stuck intake valve, in our experience. Ron Soave "Take it, Dee Dee" - http://youtube.com/watch?v=9BYOulnVXAE ___________________________________________________________________________; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00713.html (8,597 bytes)
7. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:12:11 -0400; Yes indeed, I buy all my tune up stuff from Peter, he warns me if it comes in a green box marked Lucas India. But his rotors, dizzy caps, points, plugs, condensers, etc have never failed me. I think; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00720.html (8,400 bytes)
8. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "Guy R Day" <grday@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:21:08 +0100; Try - and only try - finding fault with the dizzy cap. The central contact may have a worn carbon brush causing arcing between cap and rotor instead of a proper contact. The spring may be worn. It mi; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00736.html (10,238 bytes)
9. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "Brent Wolf" <wolf.brent@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:41:05 -0400; Update - Replaced the rotor and all is well. After closer examination and a strong light, there appears to be a crack that is visible on the inside. I don't know who the manufacturer was, but the rot; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00737.html (11,451 bytes)
10. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: Bill L <pythias@pacifier.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:44:50 -0700; Hello Guy, i had one rotor that looked perfectly good. there were no flaws, no tracks, no cracks, NOTHING. brand new out of the box. i put it in for a tune up and the car would NOT start. changed bac; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00738.html (8,730 bytes)
11. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: "Brent Wolf" <wolf.brent@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:59:28 -0400; I know it is worth it. It was about midnight last night when I finally got around to working on the midget, once everything was together and I fired it up, lights out, amazing display of occassional; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00739.html (8,445 bytes)
12. Re: [Spridgets] Rotor quality problems (score: 1): Author: dwramsey@att.net; Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:50:32 +0000; If you insist on buying Lucas parts in green boxes, for half the price you can get the exact same part in a white box from Ace made in India. Hard to believe that they can make a part on that old wor; /html/spridgets/2007-09/msg00757.html (8,380 bytes)

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