Subject: Re: installing cylinder...problems
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Aug 5, 2002, 2:00 PM
Post ID: 1710740024
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In a message dated 8/5/2002 1:48:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
chris-@charter.net writes:
| I just broke another piston ring trying to reinstall my cylinder. |
Did you remove the ring and place it inside the empty cylinder first to
insure that there would be proper clearance between the open ends of the
ring?
Here's a trick. Remove the wristpin from the piston and remove the piston.
Place the cylinder upside down on the bench. Lower the piston into the
cylinder from the bottom side (which is now facind upwards). The bottom edge
of the cylinder is chamfered. The piston will slide in until a ring
interferes with the cylinder. Use your fingers to gently compress the ring
so that the piston drops in a little further. Do this for each ring in
succession until they are all in the cylinder. Just leave the bottom of the
piston exposed so you can get at the wristpin hole.
Now, invert the whole assembly over the mounting studs, insert the wristpin
and circlips, and push the cylinder home. Piece of cake after the 20th time
or so.
Patrick
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/5/2002 1:48:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, chris-@charter.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I just broke another <BR>
piston ring trying to reinstall my cylinder. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Did you remove the ring and place it inside the empty cylinder first to insure that there would be proper clearance between the open ends of the ring?<BR>
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Here's a trick. Remove the wristpin from the piston and remove the piston. Place the cylinder upside down on the bench. Lower the piston into the cylinder from the bottom side (which is now facind upwards). The bottom edge of the cylinder is chamfered. The piston will slide in until a ring interferes with the cylinder. Use your fingers to gently compress the ring so that the piston drops in a little further. Do this for each ring in succession until they are all in the cylinder. Just leave the bottom of the piston exposed so you can get at the wristpin hole.<BR>
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Now, invert the whole assembly over the mounting studs, insert the wristpin and circlips, and push the cylinder home. Piece of cake after the 20th time or so.<BR>
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Patrick</FONT>
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