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Offline RayK

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175 rings
« on: March 12, 2017, 04:59:19 PM »
A question for the 175 (DT and SR) experts.
Can you use SR rings on a 175 DT piston?
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Ray
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Re: 175 rings
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2017, 05:24:53 PM »
They'll work, but the end gap will be excessive, so performance may be down some.  Others on here may have other opinions, so wait for more answers.
Karl Swartout
Mooresville, IN
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Re: 175 rings
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2017, 05:36:06 PM »
Thanks Karl, I have a choice of putting the old pistons and rings back in or new dt pistons with SR rings. Hobsons choice eh😯
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Re: 175 rings
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2017, 05:51:07 PM »
Personally, I'd measure the end gap of each and go with the ones with the least.
Karl Swartout
Mooresville, IN
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Re: 175 rings
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2017, 03:08:57 AM »
Karl
I did as you suggested and found endgap on old pistons/rings to be 0.003 inch. SR endgap more than 0.003 inch. So cleaned them up and will go with old ones. Thanks for your help.
Ray
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Re: 175 rings
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2017, 10:31:07 AM »
Ray

This may be a silly questions, why not put new 175 DT rings in as SR's are too small.

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Re: 175 rings
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2017, 04:07:45 PM »
Good question BS man,
I happened to have 2 pair of SR rings and no DT rings. As I live in Australia BS NOS parts are near impossible to find. Ergo I now have 2 pair of NOs SR spare. Luckily the used DT pistons and rings are OK to use.
Ray
BS 175DT, BS 50 Sport x 1, BS 90 Mountain x 3, BS 90 Deluxe, BS 90 Sport x1, BS 60 Sport, BS 90 Trail, BS100 Sport.

 


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