A question about piston rings

[Steve]

I have pretty much decided to put new rings in my son's 850, and have been looking at the different online suppliers.
I have seen prices ranging from about $20 to $32.

My question is...is this for one pistion or a set of four?

If it's for the set of four, the price is OK. If it's for one, that's $85-&128 just for rings. :shock:

.

[paco13]

per piston

[Nessism]

SKU: 12140-45120
PISTON RING SET (STD) 1 $20.97

Per piston, unfortunately.

http://www.motogrid.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/1/suzuki.aspx

[TheCafeKid]

Krikey! Are they made of gold?

[Greg O.]

At least it isn't a V8

Greg

[chef1366]

I'm getting ready to buy new Wiseco rings from APE. $24.99 per piston. I can buy cheaper on other online joints but APE is a nice drive.

[Suzuki_Don]

I bought the 0.5mm O/S full set for four pistons off RustyRider on Ebay for $33 in original Suzuki packaging. Have a look on Ebay. You never know.
Cheers. Don.

[Steve]

Have a look on Ebay. You never know.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just looked, including RustyRider's site, and found nothing at this time.

.

[Johnny K]

I had bought rings for my 82 850gz about 3 weeks ago and when sliding the jugs down onto the pistons I used a flat screwdriver to squeeze them into the cylinders. Well when I got to the all pistons being in the cylinder, I was lightly tapping on the top left and right side. Little did I know that after about 1 min of it not sliding down, decided to pull them up and one of the oil rings had bent! ](*,) I had to order one set from flat-out and waited about a week or so. My only advice from going through that whole ordeal would be to take your time and pay attention to the pistons being centered when sliding down the jugs.