ENGINE TOP E ND 5-29
Cylinder, Pistons
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Remove the piston pins.
Special Tool - Piston Pin Puller Assembly: 57001–910 [A]
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Remove the pistons.
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Carefully spread the ring opening with your thumbs and
then push up on the opposite side of the ring [A] to remove
it.
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Remove the 3-piece oil ring with your thumbs in the same
manner.
Piston Installation
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Apply molybdenum disulfide oil solution to the oil ring ex-
pander, and install the oil ring expander [A] in the bottom
piston ring groove so the ends [B] butt together.
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Apply molybdenum disulfide oil solution to the oil ring steel
rails, and install the oil ring steel rails, one above the ex-
pander and one below it.
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Spread the rail with your thumbs, but only enough to fit
the rail over the piston.
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Release t he rail into the bottom piston ring groove.
NOTE
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The oil ring rails have no “top” or “bottom”.
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Do not mix up the top and second ring.
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Install the top ring [A] so that the "1T" mark [B] faces up.
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Install the second ring [C] so that the "2T" mark [D] faces
up.
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Apply molybdenum disulfide oil solution to the piston
rings.