ignition retard said:I've done this alot. No break in required. I've also found that pistons and cylinders wear alot faster than rings, needle bearings and wristpins. If you took the piston off the conrod, then it's advisable to replace whichever circlip you removed with a new one. In a pinch I've even reused circlips by bending them back to their original shape, but this isn't the smartest thing to do. I've reused base gaskets and head o-rings with 100% success also.
Hey! My maintenance procedures are not dubious. :-)Note to self. Never buy a bike from this guy
ignition retard said:Here's the point I was trying to make. Rings are reused every time you start the engine.
Now this is something I'm not really sure about. I've always thought that the old ring would seal better with the bore that it was "worn into", .
Amen to that! Now about them extra thin compressed gaskets being reused! There are things you can get away with in a pinch, cheaper, easier, but to be done in practice, and tell someone else that it is okay, is absolutely ridiculous! There is no way humanly possible to re-bend a circlip perfectly round again. Not to mention fixing the stress point where it bent at?Ol'89r said:Loss of compression is one of the biggest factors in a poor running engine.