TM 5-4320-300-14
6-8. CYLINDER LINER (CONT)
Location/Item
Action
Remarks
INSTALLATION
CAUTION
Piston ring damage may occur if piston ring compressor has burrs or nicks on
inside surface. Check compressor before using.
19. Piston and
Lubricate piston, rings, and inside surface of
rod assembly
piston ring compressor with clean MIL-L-2104
in compressor
oil. Place piston ring compressor on a wood
block, with open taper facing up. Stagger the
piston ring gaps around the piston. Check that
ends of oil control ring are not overlapped.
Carefully push piston in and down until it con-
tacts the wood block. Remove piston and
compressor from wood block.
20. Piston and
Place cylinder liner, flange end down, on the
rod assembly
block. Put ring compressor (with piston and
in cylinder
rod assembly inside of it) on bottom of liner
liner
so that numbers on rod and cap are alined
with matchmarks on liner. Push piston into
liner until piston is free of ring compressor.
Remove connecting rod cap and ring com-
pressor. Push piston in further until compres-
sion rings pass cylinder liner ports.
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