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CB400/4 ENGINE STRIP, ASSESSMENT AND REBUILD BY JULIE - NOW COMPLETE
paul G:
you on holiday AGAIN 8) 8) 8)
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: paul gledhill on January 04, 2018, 04:51:18 PM ---you on holiday AGAIN 8) 8) 8)
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Yes Paul, anooooooooother holiday ;D ;D And before we go to India, I'm off to Slovenia for a few days with my Nursey Girlfriends. Back in UK for a couple of days then off to India, so out of the UK for most of March.
Laverda Dave:
Those pistons look very shiny and blingy Julie, shame to put them into the engine where they can't be seen!
I find the smaller the piston the easier they are to get into the cylinder especially with the luxury of a lead-in. The real problem is being able to insert two pistons at the same time!
I found the 250RSA piston to be a bit of a pig to insert into the bore and not helped by the stroke being so short. I couldn't get the ring compressor out once the rings were in the bore. I had to resort to the small blade screwdrivers pushing on each ring method to eventually get the piston into bore. Satisfying in the end though when you can turn the crank at the piston glides to the top of the bore.
Great thread and keep it going :).
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on January 04, 2018, 05:12:35 PM ---Those pistons look very shiny and blingy Julie, shame to put them into the engine where they can't be seen!
I find the smaller the piston the easier they are to get into the cylinder especially with the luxury of a lead-in. The real problem is being able to insert two pistons at the same time!
I found the 250RSA piston to be a bit of a pig to insert into the bore and not helped by the stroke being so short. I couldn't get the ring compressor out once the rings were in the bore. I had to resort to the small blade screwdrivers pushing on each ring method to eventually get the piston into bore. Satisfying in the end though when you can turn the crank at the piston glides to the top of the bore.
Great thread and keep it going :).
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Well at least the pistons look a million times better than the ones I took out !!!!. I think when I put the barrels on the pistons, I will just have to take my time and also make sure that Trig is around to help if I get stuck, or more to the point, loose my patience ::) ::) I have seen him do it on so many Honda 4's but he usually makes it look so easy but I'm sure it's not.
mike the bike:
Just think to yourself. .. slowly, slowly, catchee monkey and they'll go in nice and easy.
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