Hastings Piston Rings Installation

Work the opened ring down from the top of the piston to the second groove.

Hastings piston rings installation.

Al will walk you through how to install piston rings with and without a set of piston ring expander pliers. Rings with a groove in the outside diameter and a pip mark or dot on the side must be installed with the groove toward the bottom of the piston and pip mark towards the top of the piston. Release the tension of the ring installer tool. Back clearance can best be measured by pushing the ring into the piston ring groove until it bottoms against the root of the groove.

Clearance of 002 to 004 unless the pistons are gas ported with gas ports it is permissible to run the side clearance as tight as 0015. Only open the ring enough to allow it to go over the top diameter of the piston. For the oil rings take out the rings marked 3 which are the rails and flex vents. Explore many of our customers most commonly asked questions or watch a video that explains the basics behind hastings piston rings.

When you do something for a century you learn a lot in the process including the information customers need to know. Hastings revolutionized oil control ring design with the invention of the hastings flex vent oil control ring and it is now the accepted standard in the industry. Ross racing oil rings should have between 003 and 005 side clearance. With the oil control rings loaded on the piston use a proper ring installation tool to open the second groove rings with the top mark facing up.

Hastings offers piston rings for nearly any application worldwide from automotive and truck to agriculture industrial small engine as well as marine and high performance. At hastings manufacturing we know piston rings and we want to pass that knowledge on to you. Place the ring squarely into the piston groove taking care to keep it flat. It is a good idea after installing all rings on the pistons to recheck each ring on each piston for correct installation.

At hastings we manufacture a bold and broad offering of piston rings one that spans thousands of applications for virtually any engine. When you open the box you will see that each section is labeled with a 1 2 or 3. With the most comprehensive line of piston rings compression rings and oil rings in the world we have a piston ring for practically any application racing automotive heavy duty transportation agriculture industrial small engine and more. Not sure how to install piston rings.