[SEL] Piston clearance

Lyndsay Frazer frazerlyndsay at hotmail.com
Wed May 24 21:02:18 PDT 2006


Hi Grant, The clearance should be one thou per inch of bore size if the 
pistons are cast iron.


Regards
Lyndsay





>From: "Grant Weir" <weirgrant at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
>Subject: [SEL] Piston clearance
>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 14:37:54 -0600
>
>
>Hello,
>
>This is kind of a tractor question but it is only a two cylinder tractor 
>so...  :-)
>
>I've sleeved my 29' John Deere D and left the bore slightly undersize of 
>the stock 6-3/4" size so that I can turn my worn out pistons down to fit.  
>I think it will work.
>
>Anyway, I need the list's expert advise on how much piston-to-cylinder 
>clearance I need to leave.  If not the actual JD service numbers then 
>possibly some general clearance ideas?   Anyone?
>
>
>Grant Weir
>Saskatoon, SK.
>Canada
>
>
>
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