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Piston Ring

The document provides instructions for inspecting and renewing piston rings. It describes checking piston rings for free movement, wear, and clearances. If worn, the rings must be replaced by removing them with a piston ring tool, cleaning the grooves, inspecting for defects, measuring gaps with a feeler gauge, and properly installing the lowest ring first while aligning the gaps. Photos demonstrate lowering the piston into the cylinder, compressing the rings, measuring clearances, and the piston ring tool.

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Piston Ring

The document provides instructions for inspecting and renewing piston rings. It describes checking piston rings for free movement, wear, and clearances. If worn, the rings must be replaced by removing them with a piston ring tool, cleaning the grooves, inspecting for defects, measuring gaps with a feeler gauge, and properly installing the lowest ring first while aligning the gaps. Photos demonstrate lowering the piston into the cylinder, compressing the rings, measuring clearances, and the piston ring tool.

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Inspection of piston rings

1. Check for free movement of the piston rings 2. Check for the ring clearance 3. Inspect for any wear, stepping and scuffing

Renewal of piston rings


After inspecting the piston rings if they are worn they would have to be replaced but if they a reusable they can be used on the piston. 1. Remove the worn piston rings using the piston ring tool. NB. This tool can be used for re-installing new rings 2. Clean out the piston ring grooves using a cleaning solvent(kerosene or diesel oil) 3. Do another inspection with special attention to the grooves for any defects 4. Place rings inside cylinder and then use feeler gauge to measure the gap with the liner. 5. Insert the lowest ring first then check ring to land clearance. 6. After properly installing the ring coat the piston assembly with oil and insert it into the cylinder bore. 7. Position the rings so the gaps of each successive ring are on the alternative side and the gaps are inline with the piston pin bosses. 8. Use piston ring compressing tool to compress the rings evenly.

Photo showing piston being lowered into cylinder bore and the rings being compressed using ring compressing tool.

Using feeler gauge to measure ring to land clearance

Photo showing how the gap between the liner and piston ring is measured

Piston ring tool used to remove and install piston rings

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