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Piston damage
- jimyed
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Two questions .1. Should I replace all my pistons? 2. New or used?
I would guess new but am afraid of the cost. But I’m afraid of used too..
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Generally, if a used piston has no scrapes, scoring, gouges, etc, and no visible cracks, then it's ok to use.
You can certainly replace all the pistons if you like, but I would just replace the bad piston.
Post edited by: steell, at: 2006/04/23 12:23
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I used a wire wheel(fine,and very lightly) on these ones,and then My polishing wheel.These are the factory(original)pistons that I took out when I put in My Wiseco's.They had roughly 28k miles on them.
(they're for sale too):whistle:
I had to resize the pic,so there's only 2 pistons in view...
Post edited by: Sandy, at: 2006/04/23 13:26
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I think I may have been just a little overwheimed earlier. I know the theory behind rebuilding a motor I've just not got the experiance. And I'm getting too much conflicting advice from too many people.
Thanks for the replys I'll let you know how it all turns out.
Post edited by: jimyed, at: 2006/04/24 08:28
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Personally I wouldn't glass bead anything that is engine related, it's just to easy to not get all the glass beads cleaned off, which usually means game over for your engine.
Make sure you clean the hell out of your pistons after blasting them, use compressed air, and blow untill your compressor is worn out. Especially all the little holes in the oil ring groove.
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Thats the problem there are as many ways of doing things as there are people, a lot of them arn't wrong, but some are more right than others.
Personally I wouldn't glass bead anything that is engine related, it's just to easy to not get all the glass beads cleaned off, which usually means game over for your engine.
Make sure you clean the hell out of your pistons after blasting them, use compressed air, and blow untill your compressor is worn out. Especially all the little holes in the oil ring groove.
hahaha then you will end up glass beading the pistons in your compressor when you rebuild it:P
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