Three piece aftermarket oil ring question. Has anyone had to trim the separator ring to allow the scraper rings to collapse enough to fit into the bore?
The separator ring has shoulders on each side that keep each oil scraper from touching the piston. Unless I trim/shorten the separator ring, the scrapers will not collapse to the .010+ end gap I adjusted them to.
1st pic.: shoulders on separator ring ( both sides are the same)
2nd pic.: oil scraper ring fully expanded and still not large enough (I.D.) to fit over shoulders around entire separator ring.
Sorry for the crappy pictures.
Thanks,
Rick
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