Cylinder

[Hunter]

Hello, the clutch was hanging up on my gas scooter so I pulled the engine off and while I had it off I decided to pull the cylinder to inspect it, looks good other than a little excessive carbon build up. But now I cant get the piston rings to clear the cylinder is there and secret tricks I can do to slide the cylinder over the piston while still connected to the rod?

 

[GW's Motorized]

You just have to compress the rings to get the cylinder on. I do it by hand, but you can get tools that do it.

 

[Hunter]

alright yeah that's what I was trying to do yesterday but I got frustrated and had to take a break lol

 

[Chainlube]

Two zap straps around the rings will help compress them and slide the cylinder on, then just snip off the zip ties after.

 

[Hunter]

Two zap straps around the rings will help compress them and slide the cylinder on, then just snip off the zip ties after.

Ill try that seems like a great idea

 

[Chainlube]

Ill try that seems like a great idea

Not such a great idea if you're doing a big block with 8 4" pistons. Easy for a little 2" one though.

 

[robe]

Make sure the pins in the piston ring lands are lined up with the gaps in the rings. The piston will never fit in the cylinder unless the gap in the rings is between the pins.