Service manual

05-62
✰ Remove piston rings from piston.
PISTON SUB ASSEMBLY
CLEANING
INSPECTION
✰ Visually inspect for cracks,
scratches, scoring, seizure marks,
pitting etc.,
✰ Check for piston wear, measure the
outside diameter of piston
perpendicular to the piston pin hole
(Ref page No. 03-2)
✰ Scrap the carbon deposits from the
piston groove with the help of
scrapper.
✰ Scrap the carbon deposits from the
skirt area and groove area of piston
without causing any scratches or
scoring.
✰ Clean piston, rings and piston pin
with cleaning solvent and dry it with
compressed air.
✰ Insert piston rings on its appropriate
grooves and check side clearance
between the ring and grooves.
✰ Check the piston rings end gap at
the bottom end of the Cylinder.
CAUTION : Set each piston ring squarely
into the Cylinder barrel at a point 25 mm
from the bottom, pushing the ring by
piston head and then measuring the end
gap.
✰ Fix Cylinder barrel bottom Gasket.
Engine Dismantling, Inspection & Assembly