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Old 09-27-2020, 10:09 AM   #32
Patrick L.
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Default Re: Hard turning with new pistons

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Well I tore everything back down and put it together once again to find it was still too tight. I decided to look at my old pictures (Glad I take pictures every step of the way) to find I installed the caps on backwards. I'm not sure how I reversed the direction of the caps, but I did (I probably rotated the engine direction when the engine came back from being re-bored).
I didn't think it would make that much of a difference, but it did make a drastic improvement once they were on correctly. I was able to set the gap without the engine binding. It was still tight to turn once the pistons were connected but at least it turned without giving me a hernia.
Thanks for everyone's input



The caps do have to go on in the correct location and orientation. Usually punch marks are used to eliminate any mistakes.
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