Piston Ring Spacing

[chuck hahn]

Rings made of the right ID PVC with a slot cut down the side walls.

Put a sleeve over each piston and use a dryer clamp to compress the PVC piping. The slot down the side will allow it to close up and you have some pretty simple and easy to make ring compressors.

Four 1 inch slices should do it. You just remove the clamps and remove then from around the connecting rod. Scrape the edges where you make the slices so they are chip free so nothing falls off and into the crankcase.

In case a chip does get in...full the engine to the top with water and the chips will float for easy removal..

[Maddevill]

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Bill is right Maddevil. The rings will seat almost instantly if they go in dry. Just oil the pins & put it together. Oiling the rings can lead to glazing the cylindes on fire up if done wrong. Ray.

Well, I'm not talking about pouring a quart of 30 wt in the cylinder, I just rub a little on the cylinder walls and around the rings with my finger. haven't had a low compression motor yet. But, to each his own.

[1980GS1000E]

Make absolutely certain that all of the honing grit is removed from the cylinder block. Wipe the bores with a paper towel lightly dampened with oil or ATF and it should not have any dark residue on it. The pistons do need a little oil on them so they don't get scuffed up.