Two Stroke Advice

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:40 pm

Fitting new piston and rings, any top tips for sliding the new piston into the barrel? Is it just oil the cylinder and squeeze the rings with pinkies to feed it in? Seems really tight but dimensions are all good.
1987 last time I rebuilt a stroker and cant remember what I used to do. Thought I just slid the bugger in

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:57 pm

Back in my day we used a piston ring clamp to hold the rings in tight while you slid the piston in. Google "piston ring clamp"

Hankie · Post by **Hankie** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:11 pm

Yeah, or just use a suitable Terry clip if the job's a one-off.

Chris

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:35 pm

Sweet, will try the jubilee method.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:43 pm

What Stroker (and don't say Briggs and Stratton!)?

Hankie · Post by **Hankie** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:05 am

Don't tighten the clip straight onto the rings - wrap some thin metal sheet round the rings/piston first, then the clip goes over the outside of that. Saves the rings snagging on the clip when you try to push the piston down the bore...

Chris

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:02 pm

All done

I used the finger method and all up and running (its an LT50 little Suzuki quad for my lad LSM)
Mmmmnnnn Castrol two stroke, I have missed that smell

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:15 pm

Beamish
A little bit of Castrol 'R' in the Honda's fuel tank is magic!!!!!

storminateacup · Post by **storminateacup** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:25 pm

LotusSevenMan wrote:Beamish
A little bit of Castrol 'R' in the Honda's fuel tank is magic!!!!!

I concur 100ml per tank = nostalgia