Chris,
If your wrist pin bushes are at all worn/slack get new ones - it's very
annoying having to pull and strip the engine down after a couple of months
because you didn't replace them - together with the additional costs of
having get replacement wrist pins yet again (and possibly rods).
Lubricate your stones with a thin oil.
In younger days at home before the compressor became an 'essential' tool I
used an ordinary tyre footpump with a length of windscreen washer pipe
clipped into the pump valve attachment and pushed it over a length of metal
brake pipe leading to the calliper. If the pipe is too small to fit into
the tyre valve attachment wrap some tape round it or push a 1" length of old
brake pipe inside it to swell it up a little and stop it collapsing. If it
won't go over the brake pipe dip the washer pipe in a cup of boiling water
for a minute to let it soften.
It is not as exciting as putting a 'fully charged air cyclinder' or
compressed air line to it but it does work and uses the 'junk' lying around
in most garages. It usually works on m/cyl seals and saves some of that
'picking and drilling' business.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From "Chris King" <cbking at alum.rpi.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: Couple of tech questions
> Hi all.
> I have a new set of pistons on order, and I believe they come complete
with new wrist pins. Can I use the new pins with the old con rods (and
bearings), or should I ue the old pins matched with their bearings with the
new pistons (assuming, st this point, the bearings are OK - I haven't
checked yet)?
> I've got a 3 stone hone to break the glaze on the bores. Do I need to
lubricate the stones when using, or should they be used dry?
> Is there an easy way to remove brake caliper pistons from their bores
without using compressed air?
> My cam came back from TS Imported yesterday, and looks good! I also
ordered a 2-2-1 header from him, and that looks cool too. I'll be checking
the fit on the head soon with the SU manifold.
> -=Chris
>
> Chris King - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kvcbk/
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