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Offline JamieSibley

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Help with pistons.
« on: February 02, 2004, 06:57:36 pm »
Dumb question, but how do I go about pressing the wrist pins out of my pistons and reinstalling them so they dont just slide out on their own?
Can I just press them in, then use a punch to make a tiny ridge so they dont slide?

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Offline Mike Schmid

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Help with pistons.
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2004, 08:21:01 pm »
Well a full floater wrist pin you just pull the retainer in the piston and slide it out but I think ours are press fit... so...

I think you might have to heat it to get it out... I know when you install them there's fancy little rod ovens that heat the piston end of the rod so the wrist pin drops in.
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Help with pistons.
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2004, 05:58:44 pm »
Quote from: "Mike Schmid"
I think you might have to heat it to get it out... I know when you install them there's fancy little rod ovens that heat the piston end of the rod so the wrist pin drops in.


Yes, but they do not just drop in, you still have to use the press with the heat.
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