Re: Assessing cylinder sleeves (a little long)

Posted by RAB on August 03, 2005 at 00:31:49 from (195.93.21.100):

In Reply to: Re: Assessing cylinder sleeves (a little long) posted by Darren in TN on August 02, 2005 at 14:07:15:

WOW - aren"t you glad you pulled it before doing any more damage!
The grooves are not a problem. They can be machined to a larger size, if necessary, and have a spacer fitted. Sounds like it would not have been running like that tooooo long. Maybe put together to sell? I don"t know, you don"t know and prolly no one is going to admit to a trick like that. A quick visual check is to shine a light through the bores and look at the reflection - if it is "regular" and not distorted you are probably OK.
Just measure/check everything for sure, as you need to find if anything else has been mismatched, rings fitted in wrong order, upside down....
Measure a ring end gap in the ring-wear part of the bore and then right down at the bottom and check for any differences. Do they actually fit the bore? Have old rings been fitted in a new bore?
Have fun, be carefull and be right. Then it should give you years of service.
Regards, RAB

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