New Piston Rings

[lesnyd@bb1t.monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder lesnyd@monsanto.com 314-694-3626)]

I've checked the bores on my Spit, and there are slight ridges at the top
of the piston travel. When I put new rings on my bad piston, are they doomed
to break?

The Bentley manual says I should hone the ridges off. Is this difficult? How
do I do that? The Haynes manual says to "step" the piston ring. What does
that mean? It says that the new ring will break when it hits the ridge. I
really don't want that to happen - so what do I do?

Thanks much,

Larry
lesnyd@monsanto.com