Hastings Piston Rings Installation

Ross racing oil rings should have between 003 and 005 side clearance.

Hastings piston rings installation.

It is a good idea after installing all rings on the pistons to recheck each ring on each piston for correct installation. Release the tension of the ring installer tool. Place the ring squarely into the piston groove taking care to keep it flat. Clearance of 002 to 004 unless the pistons are gas ported with gas ports it is permissible to run the side clearance as tight as 0015.

At hastings we manufacture a bold and broad offering of piston rings one that spans thousands of applications for virtually any engine. 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. Hastings offers piston rings for nearly any application worldwide from automotive and truck to agriculture industrial small engine as well as marine and high performance. When you open the box you will see that each section is labeled with a 1 2 or 3.

For the oil rings take out the rings marked 3 which are the rails and flex vents. Work the opened ring down from the top of the piston to the oil groove. Al will walk you through how to install piston rings with and without a set of piston ring expander pliers. Not sure how to install piston rings.

When you do something for a century you learn a lot in the process including the information customers need to know. In this video we re going to cover the installation of 3 piece oil rings. At hastings manufacturing we know piston rings and we want to pass that knowledge on to you. With the oil control rings loaded on the piston use a proper ring installation tool to open the second groove rings with the top mark facing up.

With the most comprehensive line of piston rings compression rings and oil rings in the world we have a piston ring for practically any application racing automotive heavy duty transportation agriculture industrial small engine and more. Only open the ring enough to allow it to go over the top diameter of the piston. Work the opened ring down from the top of the piston to the second groove. Rings with a groove in the outside diameter and a pip mark or dot on the side must be installed with the groove toward the bottom of the piston and pip mark towards the top of the piston.