1956 Johnson 5.5hp piston ring end gap |
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gwichers
New member Username: gwichers
Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2011
| Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2011 - 11:47 pm: |
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Rebuilding a cd-13 and connot find specs for the piston ring end gap. I just recived my new rings from marineengine.com and cant install yet. Please help me. |
ernie
Senior Member Username: ernie
Post Number: 1435 Registered: 01-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 08:06 am: |
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.004 inch of end gap per each inch of bore dia in inches do your calculations at the bottom of the bore 2.0 inch bore dia will be .008 inch end gap 3.0 inch bore dia will be .012 inch end gap and so on... Hope this helps Ernie |
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