Piston Inspection: Inspection
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
- Clean the pistons with liquid soap and water.CAUTION: Do not use a caustic cleaning solution or a wire brush to clean pistons.CAUTION: Extreme care must be used when cleaning piston ring grooves on aluminum pistons.
- Break the old compression rings in half, then use the compression rings to clean the piston ring groove areas of the piston.NOTE: Use the top compression ring to clean the top ring groove, and the bottom compression ring to clean the bottom ring groove. Because the ring grooves are different designs, using the wrong compression ring to clean each ring groove will damage the piston.
- Inspect the piston ring lands, skirts, oil ring slot corners and pin bosses for scoring, scuffing or cracks. Install a new piston if these types of damage appear.
- Measure keystone piston ring groove wear.
- Install the Keystone Piston Ring Gauge.
- Install the gauge pins in the appropriate groove.
- Using a micrometer, measure the distance between the gauge pins. Install a new piston if not within specification.
- Measure the piston pin diameter in two directions at the points shown. Verify the diameter is within specification.
- If out of specification, install a new piston pin.
- Measure the outside diameter of the piston pin and the inside diameter of the piston pin bore. The difference between the two readings is the piston pin-to-bore clearance. Install a new piston pin or piston if not within specification.