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    Expander ring question.

    After letting it sit overnight in the compressor it dropped in this morning.(Personally I think the blood made the difference) Gonna leave the second piston in the squeeze today.
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    Expander ring question.

    Been doing something similar with the compressor. I'll keep working it. It has a couple drops of blood on it now and every mechanic or carpenter knows that always helps. BTW its definitely not overlapped I can spot the split every time I take it out.
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    Expander ring question.

    We're on the same page. Just checked the circumference of the spacer vs the oil control ring its a good or 5mm larger than the ring. will it compress that far?
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    Expander ring question.

    I guess my other queston would be is its only job to keep the rail rings tight to the skirt or does it need to push them out to the cylinder wall?
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    Expander ring question.

    Not arguing the point at all. just never seen this before. The ring compressor can't squeeze it down enough to get it into the bore. It would have 2 notches of overlap to get it to go in and obviously I don't want that. With an old spacer everything goes together smoothly.
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    Expander ring question.

    Jim ring gaps are opposite and fine. The spreader doesn't seem to fit in the bore without overlap.
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    Expander ring question.

    expander seems to be to long.
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    Expander ring question.

    Okay here we go. Cruzin Image piston kit. Pistons and bore are fine. Top, second and oil control ring gaps are all fine. The expander ring seems to be way to big. When butted end to end it sticks out of the groove more than the thickness of the expander. Is it common to have to. trim it...
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    Big bore head gasket

    My piston rings and big bore head gasket showed up this afternoon from Cruzinimage. It didn't take much time at all for them to get here.
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    Splitting the crankcase

    Went through the hole thread and it was a huge help. In my case I adapted a wooden stand I already had. I bolted the top of the motor to it and added some weight to the base. Then made a simple connection to the lower case and hung the whole thing from a rafter with a come along a couple inches...
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    Swingarm Bolt

    When I did mine with a sawzall I cut it at the plastic spacers between the swing arm and the frame. I had another swing arm to use but the swing arm that I removed was still useable. But I have a lot of time with a sawzall in my hands over 30 plus years in construction so it may be different...
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    Swingarm Bolt

    Mine ended up involving a sawzall and a replacement. I hope you have better luck! It was a miserable experience!
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    Interest in 8 plate clutch conversions?

    Mine showed up yesterday with the mail. Thanks Gary!
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    Pamco ignition

    You'll have to look for it but someone had a post and maybe even a video about fixing a Pamco. I don't know the details and I'm not an electronics guy but I do remember seeing it.
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