broke ring

[dirty white boy]

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]

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!

yup,..8 was last....

[fast_crew]

If purchased at local parts store see if they will just swap it out of another set.

[dirty white boy]

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]

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]

Tapered ring compressors work great....unless the block has head studs installed.

[dirty white boy]

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]

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]

why do you have head studs in when installing pistons??

[dirty white boy]

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]

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.