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Offline heyjones

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CB750 Piston Ring Installation: Did I Do This Right?
« on: June 09, 2010, 10:08:04 AM »
I sat down last night and installed the piston rings on my new 2 over (.50) pistons that I got from K1. Just wanted to make sure I have them rotated correctly before I squeeze them in. I did my best to illustrate what I've got...

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Re: CB750 Piston Ring Installation: Did I Do This Right?
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2010, 10:19:52 AM »
No two ring gaps should be at the same angle, and no gap should be at right angles to the piston pin (your 12:00 and 6:00). The actual angles are not important, you can have gaps aligned with the piston pins. I would st the top ring at around 2:00, scraper ring around 10:00, and the two straight oil rings at 5:00 and 8:00. with the spacer corrugated ring around 3:00 or 9:00. No rhyme or reason really, but it avoids gap alignment and the 6:00 and 12:00 positions. I've seen solid oil rings that look flat and some with slight bevels. The bevels if there should both scrape towards the corrugated ring, ie "sharp" edges towards the centre.

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Re: CB750 Piston Ring Installation: Did I Do This Right?
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2010, 10:50:26 AM »
Thanks for the info, how does this look?

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