Installing pistons

Put the barrels on at the weekend its a 1075 kit so the bore had taken most of the chamfer off the bottom of the barrels. I dont have a ring compressor!
Put assembly grease on the rings and in the bore then cut a 1 inch wide strip of plastic off an old pets dring bottle long enough to wrap round the rings cut small tabs at the top and bent it back so the plastic would get carried down as i pushed the barrels down. I then used plastic cable ties to wrap round the plastic and compress the rings, slid the barrels on and the pistons just went straight in with no problems at all.
I figured by using plastic I could not scratch the pistons or any thing.
Once the pistons were in I just cut the cable ties and pulled the plastic off.
It only took a few minutes and cost nothing.
Just thought someone else might find this usefull.

Good post...thanks stever!

Good idea.

Seems like a good approach. Many of the net posters also claim they use large hose clamps as ring compressors with good luck. I never tried them.

Good Idea

You goys still around have a few questions ,,,im new !!!