SECTION 4. DISASSEMBLY AND SERVICE
b.PISTON/ PISTON RING
1) Install all rings with the markings facing upward.
2) Be sure that the top (chrome plated) and second rings are not interchanged.
3) Check that the rings rotate smoothly after installation.
4) Set the piston ring end gaps 150° ~ 210° degrees apart, and do not align the gaps
with the piston pin bore.
ROD
REASSEMBLY:
Install the connecting rod
with the long end toward the
triangle marked side of the
REASSEMBLY:
Install by setting one end of the clip in
the piston groove, holding the other end
with long-
nosed pliers, and rotating the
clip in the groove. Do not align the end
gap of the clip with the cut-
piston pin bore.
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