Reinstalling cylinders
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Cruiser
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Reinstalling cylinders
Finally got my cylinders and heads back from the machine shop and ready to get her back together.
How did I manage to get them out so easy with the pistons still in the cylinders? Now that I've repainted them, I guess I'm being real careful. The rocker boxes were a bear to get off with the engine in the frame, but the cylinders were easier, I thought.
Any ideas?
How did I manage to get them out so easy with the pistons still in the cylinders? Now that I've repainted them, I guess I'm being real careful. The rocker boxes were a bear to get off with the engine in the frame, but the cylinders were easier, I thought.
Any ideas?
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2012
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From: Massachusetts
easy, you didnt have new rings to fight.
I just reinstalled my jugs/heads last night. The guy who did the bore/hone didnt re-chamfer the base of the cylinder. It took me and my buddy like an hour and a half to get the cylinders back on.
I just reinstalled my jugs/heads last night. The guy who did the bore/hone didnt re-chamfer the base of the cylinder. It took me and my buddy like an hour and a half to get the cylinders back on.
Tourer
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: louisiana
you need an extra set of hands and blunt screw drivers
If you do not have the ring collapser? and you can not make one with a detachable oil filter tool, then and extra set of hands and blunt screw drivers can do the job. Take your time and make sure your piston are opposite TDC for each installation of each jug. Just be patient.
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I've always just pinched the rings with my fingers, even on my Voyager XIII, all 6 cylinders, all by my lonesome. I tried ring compressors, they just got in the way. I've had the cylinders off my evo 4 or 5 times, just using my fingers. The new rings are difficult, but I managed.
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I've git the pistons in the cylinder with just enough to slip the wrist pin, can't seem to finagle the cylinders in place.
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From: Arizona
i took my pistons off then installed them in the cylinders, then slid the cylinders down the head bolts, they will pretty much stay where you want them to stay, then lined up the rod in the piston and slid the pin in, slid them rest of the way down. ive seen them do 6 cylinder porsches.