I can't get these bastards on. there is no screwing it in, that crap won't bend. How did you guys install these?

 

what are they? pics?

 

LOL, Rimmer

 

You should be able to thread them in place. Did you put on in first without the wristpin/rod in place then work on the second?

 

are they meant to be so tight? i can pull them apart but they pinch the **** out of my fingers and they won't "thread" into the hole. my piston is getting all scratched up.

 

Yea, they're supposed to be tight, I have yet been able to do it without scratching the piston (no matter how careful I am) but they are a little bit more work than C-clips. Just keep trying, you'll get it.

 

i think the main problem is that the end is sharp and digging into the groove not allowing the lock to turn. Would it be alright to file the end a little?

 

Get some 'dental pick tools' then simply start with the open end closest to the wrist pin and 'spiral' the lock into place.

It's as easy as that.

 

if you cant find dental type tools, a simple soldering tool from radio shack will help 10000 fold. Its really sharp/fine picking tool for soldering.

mike

 

Some builders stretch them out so they look like a spring and then re compress them as they screw them in.
If you used CP', you would not have to deal with those things.

 

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Yep, that is what I have done in the past.

 

if your trying to screw the spiral lock in it won't work. try getting one end of the lock in ,then use your thumb and start pushing the lock down, push the first spiral turn closest to the wristpin and work the whole lock in til it locks in the groove.