<VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated (again)

[Charles Lee]

Good points made by all, but the deal breaker is the thinness of the oil 
rings that get hung up on the edges with the ring compressor.

It may be 'operator error' but I could have rebuild a dozen engines in the 
time I've taken to finesse these ~ and still have not succeeded !

Edited to show reasoning ...
www.yourbuyersinn.com/Cars/Corvair/CorvairTools.htm

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
To: "'J R Read'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "'VirtualVairs AA'" 
<VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated


> I'm with JR on this.
> I've never had a problem using a ring compressor to install pistons in a
> barrel. Sounds like 'operator error'.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J R Read
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 4:56 PM
> To: VirtualVairs AA
> Subject: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' updated
>
> I don't know Chuck...
>
> Seems to me you'd have to be careful not to remove any of the sealing
> surface at the bottom end of the barrel and that you could have inserted a
> dozen or more piston and ring assemblies using a ring compressor in the 
> time
>
> it would take to prepare just one barrel end.
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
> To: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>; "Dave Ziegler" <dziegler3 at comcast.net>
> Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 3:24 PM
> Subject: <VV> Newfangled 'ring compressor' alternative revised / updated
>
>
>> Some clarification added, since I still think this is the way to go ... ?
>>
>> Re-Bevel the crankcase-side inside end of the barrel to gradually slip
>> rings
>> into the barrel when inserting pistons ?
>> (Eliminates need for ring compressor altogether ?)
>>
>> www.yourbuyersinn.com/Cars/Corvair/CorvairTools.htm
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>
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