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Date:         Wed, 5 Apr 2006 13:19:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Aaron Pearson <aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aaron Pearson <aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Can you use tie-wraps to compress WBX piston rings?
Comments: To: greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM
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i used some to compress a pair of powerful gas-charged shocks. good nylon ties are tough!

scroll down to the last picture: http://aaron80027.tripod.com/id2.html

aaron '87 syncro westy 3j22

>From: Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Can you use tie-wraps to compress WBX piston rings? >Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:06:05 -0400 > >Has anyone ever tried using tie-wraps (zap-straps, whatever) >as ring compressors for WBX piston rings? The way I envisage this >working is you put your tie wraps over the rings, crank 'em >down, slide the cylinder on, and the tie wraps slide down as you >put the cylinder on. You could then cut the tie wraps off. > >Might this allow you to reinstall the cylinders without having to >remove the piston? > >Comments? Good idea? Bad idea? > > >tabe johnson/87 westy

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