Originally Posted by
Rob_DOHC
Karlos, IMO its a cunt to change the piston only, and i've got a press in the shed. You need to properly support the piston whilst you press out (then in) the pin otherwise you crack the skirt. You could try heating the piston and tapping out the pin i guess??
Pistons with rods (standard) come up on the bay a fair bit for next to nothing, and if one piston is like it i would deffo check the others VERY carefully lol.
PS, cleaned the block today mate and it all looks good, cheers
off to the machinist on friday
Rob,
Ok, sounds like a ball ache!
Glad your happy mate, be nice to get your engine built up I bet!
Originally Posted by
RSandy
having removed standard cast pistons from rods, and then fitted new 1s, i will be the 1st to say its a mare of a job lol
as said, needs supporting a lot, a punch or press the same size as the pin, plus a lot of heat from a blow torch!
obviously removing isnt a massive issue as if the skirt cracks, its scrap anyways, but refitting the new 1 needs to be perfection, and making sure the pin goes through the rod square, whilst its all red hot, its great fun
id go the route of buying a piston n rod complete on ebay, but if u want a standard piston on its own, i think 3 of my 4 old 1s survived intact, just stuffed up the loft destined to do nothing
I'll speak to my local engineer see if he will swap it over for me for free, I know him fairly well so worth an ask, if you dont mind posting me one for a beer or two plus postage mate?
If not then ebay it is or someone else on here of course!
Should be plenty kicking about as 99% of rebuilt RST's have to go at least 0.5mm oversize because of bore wear.