Hey guys I have a 292 .030 over while putting piston rings on I broke the lower compression ring. The replacement I got did not have the bevel on the top side of the ring it was just flat against the cylinder wall. Will this cause a problem or will it be all right to use.

As long as you install it in the proper orientation, according to the manufacturer, it will work fine.


Lawrenceville, GA

Can the top compression ring and lower compression ring be switched?

No.  They must go in the correct grooves and in the correct orientation within each groove.



Lawrenceville, GA

Bevel up on outside sounds wrong to me but if the manufacturer has designed otherwise then they will mark

Gary- Havelock, New Zealand.

If your original second ring had an inside bevel, then that bevel should have been facing down.  As a general rule and with inside beveled rings, the top rings are installed with the bevel facing up while the second rings are installed with the bevel facing down.  Always look at the instructions that come with the rings for verification of how they are to be installed.

If your replacement second ring has no bevel and no marks indicating ‘top’, then the ring can be installed in either direction.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

It hasn't been mentioned here, but I always stagger the end gaps so that no two rings on the same piston have aligning end gaps.

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID