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I'm installing new rings in my 1.8 and I've been told two different processes so
I wanted to get your input as to which one is best I was told that you can pull the cylinders and leave the pistons on the rod and replace the ring and then install the cylinder back on the piston while it is still connected to the rod. I was also told that you can remove the piston from the rod and replace the rings and put the piston back in the cylinder while not connected to the rod and then connect back to the rod. What do you think (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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It's easier to replace the rings without taking the pistons off the rods. You save yourself the trouble of taking the circlips off.
BUT, you need a ring compressor that you can take off around the piston. |
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It's easier to replace the rings without taking the pistons off the rods. You save yourself the trouble of taking the circlips off. BUT, you need a ring compressor that you can take off around the piston. How do you clean all the crap out of the ring lands with the pistons still installed????? |
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It's easier to replace the rings without taking the pistons off the rods. You save yourself the trouble of taking the circlips off. BUT, you need a ring compressor that you can take off around the piston. How do you clean all the crap out of the ring lands with the pistons still installed????? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Not much experience with T4s, but back in my dirt-bike racing days, i used to replace pistons and/or rings on a weekly basis (or so it seems). Much easier to just pop the two circlips and take the piston off, give it a good cleaning, put on new rings, slide it back into the cylinder and then connect it back to the rod. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) |
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