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Tips/Tricks - Compressing Piston Rings
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Tips/Tricks - Compressing Piston Rings
So after some resting and thinking, we finally got the first cylinder on. But it took his one hand holding/pushing the cylinder and his other hand pushing on one part of the ring and my two hands pushing on a couple of other parts of the ring. Not sure how all that worked, but it eventually slipped on. BTW...I noticed that there's very little "ramp" on the inside of the cylinder walls. Don't know if that's standard on R60/2 cylinders...he had to have the cylinder bored from 2nd to 3rd over (with new pistons) so maybe with that level boring, the "ramp" is gone??
The bad news is that we could only get the left side done and had to call it a day. The reason was that he is missing one of the cylinder base nuts. We found out that you can't drive the cylinder all the way on and then put on the nuts. You have to get the cylinder started, slips the nuts in place when just a few threads of the stud are showing, and then push the cylinder home. He also found that he's missing a few other nuts/bolts so he has to put an order in.
Anyway, we struggled doing the first one. Any tips or things we should get in order to make the right cylinder go easier?
Thanks...
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2 -- You could also use a hose clamp if it will cover the rings. If it is not wide enough just cut a piece of aluminum or another sheet metal strip. Cut it wide enough to cover the rings and long enough to fit around the piston. Then just wrap it around the piston and use the hose clamp around the outside of it. You could also attach the hose clamp and the strip together with one or two small rivets.
Guess you could cobble
92 R100RT/69 R69S
2004 Aprilia Atlantic 500cc single cylinder Scooter
83 Honda V65 Magna, fastest production bike in1983
2015 Can Am Spider SE6 1,688 miles
2018 Moto Guzzi V711 Special
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Re: Tips/Tricks - Compressing Piston Rings
1965 R69s w/Wixom fairings and bags
1979 R65 w/Siebenrock 860cc, Luftmeister fairing