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zinc2u
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Re: ring compressor

Post by zinc2u »

You do not need a ring compressor for the Honda 600 engines. The cylinder
barrels are tapered at the bottom. You need to lower the barrel slowly and
compress each ring before it enters the barrel. I have always used my
fingernails to compress the rings slightly. Honda 600 engines are much easier to
work on than the 4,6, or 8 cylinder engines.
Dale
I am progressing quickly on the clean up and rebuild, and need to get
these in the pipline. Also what make of piston ring compressors are
people useing to get their pistons into the jugs again?
Thanks for your time,
KCandtheZ in Ga.
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friend
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Re: ring compressor

Post by friend »

Two issues here;
1 - If you rebore your cylinders make them as straight as you can,
making them taper only causes the rings to move to much which will cause
them to wear out prematurly.
2 - Fit the pistons into the cylinders first (with the inside wrist pin
retainer in place on both pistons) then lower the cylinder with the pistions
just showing the wirst pin openings. Measure the distance from the case to
the rod opening and use two vice grips to hold the cylinders at that height
while you fit the wrist pins. If your shaking a bit put some cloth over the
case openings to keep the retainers from falling into the case. It's a
whole bunch easier then taking the chance of breaking a ring.
Bill
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From: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of goinhm@...
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:37 PM
To: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] ring compressor
You do not need a ring compressor for the Honda 600 engines. The cylinder
barrels are tapered at the bottom. You need to lower the barrel slowly and
compress each ring before it enters the barrel. I have always used my
fingernails to compress the rings slightly. Honda 600 engines are much
easier to
work on than the 4,6, or 8 cylinder engines.
Dale
I am progressing quickly on the clean up and rebuild, and need to get
these in the pipline. Also what make of piston ring compressors are
people useing to get their pistons into the jugs again?
Thanks for your time,
KCandtheZ in Ga.
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Ray
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Re: ring compressor

Post by Ray »

Thanks everyone,
I appreciate the info on not needing a ring compressor. Also,
I have not had a chance to measure a set of rings for the 568A
pistons that I have, does anyone happen to just know what the sizes
are? (Bill this sounds like your kind of question....)
Thanks,
KCandtheZ
--- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
, wrote:
> Two issues here;
> 1 - If you rebore your cylinders make them as straight as you
can,
> making them taper only causes the rings to move to much which will
cause
> them to wear out prematurly.
> 2 - Fit the pistons into the cylinders first (with the inside
wrist pin
> retainer in place on both pistons) then lower the cylinder with the
pistions
> just showing the wirst pin openings. Measure the distance from the
case to
> the rod opening and use two vice grips to hold the cylinders at
that height
> while you fit the wrist pins. If your shaking a bit put some cloth
over the
> case openings to keep the retainers from falling into the case.
It's a
> whole bunch easier then taking the chance of breaking a ring.
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
]On Behalf Of goinhm@...
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:37 PM
> To:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] ring compressor
> You do not need a ring compressor for the Honda 600 engines. The
cylinder
> barrels are tapered at the bottom. You need to lower the barrel
slowly and
> compress each ring before it enters the barrel. I have always
used my
> fingernails to compress the rings slightly. Honda 600 engines are
much
> easier to
> work on than the 4,6, or 8 cylinder engines.
> Dale
> I am progressing quickly on the clean up and rebuild, and need to
get
> these in the pipline. Also what make of piston ring compressors
are
> people useing to get their pistons into the jugs again?
> Thanks for your time,
> KCandtheZ in Ga.
> ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the
all-new AOL
> at
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friend
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Re: ring compressor

Post by friend »

It looks like you have Satndard Pistons, if they are over sized there will
be a number e.g. .25 or .50 on one side or the other by the wrist pin and on
top.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of kcandthez
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:26 AM
To: 2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [2cylinderhondas] Re: ring compressor
Thanks everyone,
I appreciate the info on not needing a ring compressor. Also,
I have not had a chance to measure a set of rings for the 568A
pistons that I have, does anyone happen to just know what the sizes
are? (Bill this sounds like your kind of question....)
Thanks,
KCandtheZ
--- In
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
, wrote:
> Two issues here;
> 1 - If you rebore your cylinders make them as straight as you
can,
> making them taper only causes the rings to move to much which will
cause
> them to wear out prematurly.
> 2 - Fit the pistons into the cylinders first (with the inside
wrist pin
> retainer in place on both pistons) then lower the cylinder with the
pistions
> just showing the wirst pin openings. Measure the distance from the
case to
> the rod opening and use two vice grips to hold the cylinders at
that height
> while you fit the wrist pins. If your shaking a bit put some cloth
over the
> case openings to keep the retainers from falling into the case.
It's a
> whole bunch easier then taking the chance of breaking a ring.
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
]On Behalf Of goinhm@...
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:37 PM
> To:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] ring compressor
> You do not need a ring compressor for the Honda 600 engines. The
cylinder
> barrels are tapered at the bottom. You need to lower the barrel
slowly and
> compress each ring before it enters the barrel. I have always
used my
> fingernails to compress the rings slightly. Honda 600 engines are
much
> easier to
> work on than the 4,6, or 8 cylinder engines.
> Dale
> I am progressing quickly on the clean up and rebuild, and need to
get
> these in the pipline. Also what make of piston ring compressors
are
> people useing to get their pistons into the jugs again?
> Thanks for your time,
> KCandtheZ in Ga.
> ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the
all-new AOL
> at
http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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