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Old 08-18-2011, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by CC1650Dave View Post
What about the special ring tool thing? It doesn't look terribly hard to do it by hand.
The rings can be quite brittle and break easy if you man handle them. The ring expander helps to open them up and let you just slide them on easy. Also it will keep the edges of the ring at the gap end from digging into the side of the piston during assembly.
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