How To Order Hastings Piston Rings
Using a proper ring installation tool open the oil ring just enough to allow the ring to go over the top diameter of the piston.
How to order hastings piston rings. The hastings oil control ring is energized by our flex vent expander which provides uniform pressure through two steel rails assuring positive oil control. Ring gap on cast iron rings should be at least 0035 for each inch of bore size. Piston ring order duration. If there s no bevel install either way in the top groove.
The next step is to install the ring in the. A hastings oil rings are manufactured to fit the oem requirements meaning if the original ring set had lower tension the hastings set will also have lower tension. Mahle aftermarket na 12 543 views. Place the ring squarely into the piston groove taking care to keep it flat.
Installing piston rings sounds like it should be a box to piston process. Hastings manufacturing company 325 n. With performance ring sets and motors the tension is listed in the performance catalog. Install the dot toward the top of the piston.
If both top and 2 nd rings have a dot and your set has a coating the od will be metallic in color where as the 2 nd ring will usually be black. Listed below are the general rules for the installation of various types of compression rings. Piston rings come as a set wrapped in plastic and shipped in boxes. Release the tension of the ring installer tool.
Work the opened ring down from the top of the piston to the oil groove. These instructions should be read each time before the piston rings are installed on the pistons. One two piece oil rings. Check the top ring for inside bevel and install bevel up.
For instance a 4 ring should have a minimum gap of 014. Hall s how to series video 5 how to tell the difference between compression rings top and second ring. Hastings mi 49058 usa 1 269 945 2491 1 269 945 4667 fax moc gfmsgnitsah ofni. Ring installation instructions are placed in every set of piston rings hastings manufacturing company produces.