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dirty white boy
04-11-2011, 09:37 PM
broke the top ring on #8 piston puttin bottom end together,..any way to get just one top ring or am i gonna have to buy a hole set for one ring??
dirty white boy
04-12-2011, 11:41 AM
Call the ring manufacturer. Or, you can try someplace like your local machine shop, or Competition Products or Midwest Motorsports, as they have machine/engine shops. Also, if #8 wasn't your last piston, then I would finish putting the rest in, and order an extra ring just in case!
:cool:
yup,..8 was last....
fast_crew
04-12-2011, 05:50 PM
If purchased at local parts store see if they will just swap it out of another set.
dirty white boy
04-12-2011, 09:27 PM
cant get plasma moly rings at parts store,..went to a local builder in madison nc,jerry newman at M&M block an heads,..busy as he was he took the time to dig threw his "spare ring"s" shelf an hooked me up no charge!! great people!!
Graff Spee
04-13-2011, 11:09 PM
Now that you have that fixed. Go get a tapered ring compresser and never break a ring again. You can push piston in by hand first time every time. Best thig out there!!!!!
parrot69777
04-13-2011, 11:31 PM
Tapered ring compressors work great....unless the block has head studs installed.
dirty white boy
04-14-2011, 02:40 AM
yeah was useing a band type with a 1/4 ratchet,..bottom band came loose between 6 an 8....never barrow a tool,..gotta buy him anutter one an me one too now...
parrot69777
04-14-2011, 11:18 AM
I use the tapered ring compressors when there aren't head studs. I bought the set of 3 for $65 from speedway. Not sure what brand the band type compressor I have is. Looks just like a KD Tools #850.
stockcar5
04-14-2011, 12:22 PM
why do you have head studs in when installing pistons??
dirty white boy
04-14-2011, 01:28 PM
I use the tapered ring compressors when there aren't head studs. I bought the set of 3 for $65 from speedway. Not sure what brand the band type compressor I have is. Looks just like a KD Tools #850.
it was a black hawk brand,...came off a mac truck,...but that mac man ant around no more...gonna get my buddy a new one,..but im gonna get me the ones like yall talkin bout!!
parrot69777
04-14-2011, 02:08 PM
why do you have head studs in when installing pistons??
It's rare....but if I refresh an engine that already has them in....just a waste of time to take them out.
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