<VV> Installing Pistons

CORSABILL at aol.com CORSABILL at aol.com
Sun Oct 26 20:06:28 EDT 2014


IF pistons are installed incorrectly, you get piston slap  as you have never
heard.  NOT a good thing.  And as an extra you get a  broken crank shaft.
I had an engine built by a supposedly good Corvair mechanic.   Three 
pistons were installed incorrectly, my theory is that they were  sent to a 
local machine shop who installed them for a 6 cylinder  engine.  And the
builder didn't catch the mistake.
 
Slap and broken crank.  Builder did replace the crank with  one I provided
and it broke.
 
At this point, I decided to do my own and for much less  money. 


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