Piston rings, which way up?
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Piston rings, which way up?
Hi guys the Haynes manual I'm using states that the second piston ring is tapered and must be installed the correct way up, but the ring doesn't appear to be marked in any way and I can't see a taper with my eye. Any advice on how to tell which way up it goes?
Many thanks as always!
Many thanks as always!
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Sadly I can't find new ones for sale anywhere I've even asked in Japan to no avail.
I figured out which way up they go as they all have a dark line close to the edge at the bottom (luckily I hadn't taken cyl3&4 ones off yet)
I'm sure refitting them is far from ideal but it ran reasonably ok before I took it apart (got her to 136mph on the GPS and wasn't burning silly amounts of oil), only reason for taking it apart is headgasket as that went, and sadly had to slide block off to seperate head!
Last edited by AwfulMechanic; 01-05-2024 at 09:47 AM.
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eBay’s usually good source for parts of old bikes.
https://www.ebay.com/p/2085978728
https://www.ebay.com/p/2085978728
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