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Old Jun 15, 2011, 10:03 PM
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cracked rings???

As the title says i was taking the 2nd ring off of the weisco pistons and the ring snapped! Has anyone heard of the rings being this brittle? After using this rings/ pistons combo in over 4 motor build i have never had this happen. Am I beat or is this something that could be taken care of from the dealer as I bought them a week ago
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how far did you bend them? they aren't very hard to snap >.<
were you using your hands or a tool?
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taking them back won't help. unless you opened it and it was already broken. you might be sol
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Let me guess you tryed to take the 2nd ring off all at one time, instead of moving it up to ring land 1 then off.
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Originally Posted by 3gEclipseTurbo
Let me guess you tryed to take the 2nd ring off all at one time, instead of moving it up to ring land 1 then off.


Nah, I actually moved the ring up the piston... after looking at the ring more closely it looks like the breaking point of the ring had a weird marking on it. Ill post pics later
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Rings crack very easy if you don't use a ring expander tool.
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