Put the pistons is a pot of warm oil on the stove. They will expand enough to allow the cool wrist pins to slide into place.
Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '81 diesel rabbit '82 diesel westy '82 diesel van '84 GL wasserboxer -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Mark Mages Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 9:52 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Piston Pins - putting them back in?
My friend got the pins out (amazing what a bored hippie can do with a bolt, pry-bar, and an unsupervised hour), and with the difficulty getting them out, is there a trick to putting them back in? I don't want to beat on these any more than necessary... A long dowel and a mallet? Thanks Mark __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ |
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