On 13 April 1997 05:32, INTERNET:jmwagner@greenheart.com wrote:
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>Were the rings properly gapped before assembly?
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I can't remember how carefully I checked them, it was a few years ago now.
The next ones will be checked VERY carefully!
I had another look at the bits today, there seems to be a lot of wear on
the top surface of the top ring, i.e. it slops up and down in the piston
groove a lot. So much wear that there's a distinct ridge of about 8 thou
around the top outside edge of the ring where the piston crown is a smaller
diameter than the rest of piston.
Is this a normal wear pattern in an engine thats done 40,000 miles?
Maybe I should try to contact the Hepolite.
Keith Bennett triumph@compuserve.com
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