piston ring gaps - filing

Seight-V8 · Post by **Seight-V8** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:06 am

hello all,

anyone got some good tips on filing/grinding the piston ring gaps....

how to keep the faces parallel when setting them

watched a few youtube vids, that seem to show a nifty piece of kit that isn't available in the UK.....

some home made ideas spring to mind.....

cheers

scott

unstable load · Post by **unstable load** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:55 am

A Dremel would do it quite nicely.
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/75w_newrings.htm

sidecar · Post by **sidecar** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:01 am

unstable load wrote:A Dremel would do it quite nicely.
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/75w_newrings.htm

That's a clever idea!

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 12:24 pm

A friend uses a dremel.

I just place the ring on the edge of a table, bit of wood, engine stand, whatever and use a good sharp file.

Iron rings file very very easily, stainless are a little tougher but once started go quite easy too.

If you wanted to make something to clamp the ring down for filing rather than just holding it...that wouldnt be difficult either.