Bike Quit At Work

[mrclubike]

I have used this kind of ring compressor on engines that load from the top and they work great.
I think it would work well on bottom loaders.
When you squeeze it down it locks tight and it is thick enough it wont slide down between the cylinder  and piston as you push it in.  

 

[Bob_Roller]

Ed, the whole assembly has a rubber part that slips onto each end of I guess PVC drain pipe and the corrugated metal wraps over the rubber part of the coupling when you tighten the worm gear clamps .

[Bob_Roller]

Got every thing back together today and started the engine up .
Only made two mistakes in the reassembly process, I found one of the paper gasket washers that go on the timing cover, it was stuck to the right frame tube, came off and I didn't notice it until  today .
The starter also didn't work when I tried to run the engine, during removal of the timing cover, I also pulled the wire off of the starter solenoid terminal, didn't catch it during reassembly .
The other issue I had, was back 7 years ago, when I replaced the clutch and plates, I got the flywheel on one bolt hole off, so I can't check the ignition timing, I put a scribe mark on the bean can and engine case  before I removed the bean can, engine runs fine .
But I have a real main seal leaking, need to go in here again to replace the seal, so I will  correct my foul up then .

[montmil]

Bob, is that the plumbing device that would use a length of rubber hose inside the metal for sealing leaks?  

Not Bob, but I bought the plumbing part Bob described. Yes, it has a rubber sleeve inside that can be tossed. If you back out the worm-drive screws all the way, you can slip the metal sleeve over the rod and onto the piston rings.

I paid about six bucks and it's less than the big box o' BandAids I bought.

Tony sez,
"A hand cleaning product called "Simple Green" worked for me - just lather it all over the carbon encrusted bit of the pistons, put in a sealed baggie over night and the next day rinse off under hot water. What carbon remains is easily removed using plastic paint scrapers/glue applicators."

Love me some Simple Green and use it for serious engine cleaning. I thought I'd put the Simple Green in a small pan and place the pistons inverted so that the ring lands are submerged. Ought to work. Thanks, Mister T.

[Tony Smith]

Here's photo of my ring compressor - a relic of my days spent playing with VWs. What I like about it is that the "ribbed" nature of the compression band means that once nicely oiled up the compressor will slide easily down the piston as the piston feeds into the cylinder.