DOES anyhow to put pistions on rods? explain please!

 

Aftermarket rods and pistons or stock?

 

stock or aftermarket?
stock, im not too sure but the rods (and pistons?) have to be heated (so that it expands) and the pins pushed through.
aftermarket pistons have pin locks that locks the pins onto the pistons.
if you wanna use aftermarket rods and OEM pistons you have to machine a pin locks in your OEM pistons and shorten your pins...

EF-1 Machine Sevice's - Pin Locks


Modified by 10K2HVN at 5:30 PM 7/21/2003

 

stocks need to be pressed on. sorry unless you have a press.

 

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What are you sorry for? I put ctr pistons on my b16a rods without a press. I just had to freeze the pins in the freezer and heat up the rods with a blowtrouch then you can put them through. It might take a socket the size of the pin and a hammer but they go through easy. My pistons came out perfect so don't waste your money on having a machine shop do it.

 

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What are you sorry for? I put ctr pistons on my b16a rods without a press. I just had to freeze the pins in the freezer and heat up the rods with a blowtrouch then you can put them through. It might take a socket the size of the pin and a hammer but they go through easy. My pistons came out perfect so don't waste your money on having a machine shop do it. [/QUOTE

heat is your friend

 

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What are you sorry for? I put ctr pistons on my b16a rods without a press. I just had to freeze the pins in the freezer and heat up the rods with a blowtrouch then you can put them through. It might take a socket the size of the pin and a hammer but they go through easy. My pistons came out perfect so don't waste your money on having a machine shop do it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Unbeliable, this is the correct way to do it, but you can just put the rods in the oven and let it warm up, do it carefully.

BTW: make sure the sign that points to the front on the engine in the rod is at the same direction as the one in the piston.

 

im sorry, i didnt ask the right thing. i wondering if it hard to put on vtec pistions on LS rods. how is it done.. do the bearings have be be put back in a certain way. how do u take off the old pistons? my boy freinds put b16 pistons on his gsr rods at home. if i can save 250$ and do it my self.

 

you either have to shave (machine) 1mm off each side of the rod or open the piston a total of 2mm where the rod slides into the piston.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wm5holla &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im sorry, i didnt ask the right thing. i wondering if it hard to put on vtec pistions on LS rods. how is it done.. do the bearings have be be put back in a certain way. how do u take off the old pistons? my boy freinds put b16 pistons on his gsr rods at home. if i can save 250$ and do it my self.

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Who charges $250 to take off pistons and put on new ones?!?!?!?!!
We charge $5 to remove and $5 to press on every piston. So a total of $40