#132520, "RE: How to install piston rings" In response to In response to 0
Originally posted by 98VengeI4 making the gap too big from stretching them out to slide down in to the bore.
Actually this ^^^can't happen. The bore of the cylinder is the bore of the cylinder. Once you set gap on the rings (with them not installed on the piston) that gap isn't going to change.
At any rate, get a pair of ring expanders. They are relatively cheap.
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