What did you do to your motorcyle today?

[azr]

boy thats a cool tool to use.....

Fantastic.......so, is this tool a forum loaner???

[kaw74]

I would like to  have a tour of your shop sometime Kevin.

[scotty]

anytime, everyones welcome to check out the bikes, the old stuff and the vaporblasting just give me a call
604-819-1201

[Twisted_Twin]

Got home from coffee and screwed the yellow Duc back together.

Then Mrs. Twin and I rode to White Rock for a fish and chip lunch.

[parm94]

Rebuilt the forks on my 350 twin. They were rusted stuck inside the gators so were ground down and painted.




Next up is sorting dragging brakes. How exciting! 

[hardrockminer]

anytime, everyones welcome to check out the bikes, the old stuff and the vaporblasting just give me a call
604-819-1201

The wrist pin finally showed up? 

A question on the tool Scotty.  Do the pistons move inside the tool so that you can slip the cylinders over?  And what is that wire thing under your gasket?

[Galactica]

My guess is, the wire keeps the pistons in place while the ring compressor is installed.

[scotty]

yup they are for keeping the pistons in line, the tool has tapered tops to aid the cylinders slipping down, easiest set of pistons i ever installed

[754]

 Were the stock rings 3 pce ?     looks like it only presses from two sides.
 Not encircling the rings.

[Twisted_Twin]

Were the st

Yes, they were.

Completely.

[hardrockminer]

yup they are for keeping the pistons in line, the tool has tapered tops to aid the cylinders slipping down, easiest set of pistons i ever installed

Did you use gasket sealer on the bottom gasket?  I may want to rent the tool when I try to do mine again.  First time was pretty easy but I forgot the barrel o rings and had to pull it apart.  I started with 2 & 3 at TDC and slipped them into their barrels.  Then lowered the cylinders and rotated the crank to bring 1 and 4 up and into their barrels.  I used loctite 515 on the lower gasket, with a bit of grease on the underside to prevent it from baking onto the case.

[Galactica]

Bill, I don't think greese/sealant is really necessary, but certainly won't hurt.

[hardrockminer]

I've had issues with the head gaskets and since it's an even bigger job to tear the engine down if it leaks I don't want to take any chances.  I use grease on my valve cover, but it comes off fairly often.  The bottom gasket...not so much.

[754]

Better not to tear the base gasket, when pulling the head.
So are rings 3 piece?

[hardrockminer]

Yeah, I tore the base gasket while trying to bring it back up over the studs.  I ordered two and they just arrived today.

The old rings are 3 piece.  The new ones are 5 piece.  The oil ring has 3 parts to it...a top, a bottom and a middle that allows the oil to go back inside the piston and into the sump.  The top and bottom pieces are identical thin sections.  I don't really like the setup much because it complicates things trying to put it all into the cylinder.