1 - If you rebore your cylinders make them as straight as you can, making them taper only causes the rings to move to much which will cause them to wear out prematurly.
2 - Fit the pistons into the cylinders first (with the inside wrist pin retainer in place on both pistons) then lower the cylinder with the pistions just showing the wirst pin openings. Measure the distance from the case to the rod opening and use two vice grips to hold the cylinders at that height while you fit the wrist pins. If your shaking a bit put some cloth over the case openings to keep the retainers from falling into the case. It's a whole bunch easier then taking the chance of breaking a ring.
Bill
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> You do not need a ring compressor for the Honda 600 engines. The > cylinder > barrels are tapered at the bottom. You need to lower the barrel > slowly and > compress each ring before it enters the barrel. I have always > used my > fingernails to compress the rings slightly. Honda 600 engines are > much easier to > work on than the 4,6, or 8 cylinder > engines.
> Dale
> I am progressing quickly on the clean up and
> rebuild, and need to get
> these in the pipline. Also what make of piston
> ring compressors are
> people useing to get their pistons into the jugs
> again?
> Thanks for your time,
> KCandtheZ in
> Ga.
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