[SEL] Cylinder/piston questions

[Steve Royster]

Is it possible to install nylon or teflon buttons in the skirt to stop the 
rocking without going to the expense of flamespraying and re tuning? Steve

>From: <jbcast at charter.net>
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>Subject: Re: Re: [SEL] Cylinder/piston questions
>Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 22:22:15 -0400
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> > Do the rings have enough tension or spring left in them?Maybe the engine 
>has
> > got to hot in the past. Seems to me that if compression is lost suddenly 
>as
> > the piston changes direction its rings losing thier seal. If the rings 
>where
> > doing thier job and the piston is good size up to the ring gaps the 
>piston
> > should not wobble? Just food for thought anyway.
> >
>The width of the rings in these old engines makes them more susceptable to 
>compression loss from the piston rocking. If the piston rocks it unseats 
>the ring at the leading edge.
>J.B. Castagnos
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