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Any tips on fitting new rings without breaking them!

Posted By Whitey 15 Years Ago
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Any tips on fitting new rings without breaking them!

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Whitey
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Hello All,

Thanks to Aussie Bill I now have a new set of cast "Repco" 2x compression and 2x oil cast rings to fit. I have honed the bores and they look great and want to fit them tomorrow.  Trouble is the lower oil ring (2 bladed cast one) was a real bugger to get off and I broke 7 out of the 8.  All the rest were easliy removed.  I'm now a bit worried that I may break and oild ring when fitting to the pistons and wonder if anybody out there has any tips on fitting them.

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My first V8!!

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By the way they have all been filed and set for listed end gap in the manual, sorry forgot to add that in the previous.  Just worried getting the oild ones over the piston!

Whitey   

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A piston ring expander tool allows the rings to be installed without twisting.  Here’s a couple of pictures of just one style of tool for this purpose.

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)


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New rings are a bit more forgiving than the old ones also.

Dan      Kingman Az.      86409


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