<VV> Removing Piston

Bob Gilbert traceya at montrose.net
Sat Nov 14 11:59:58 EST 2009


You can't. You need to remove the piston and rod assembly to have the old 
piston presssed off and a new one pressed on. If one cracked the others may 
not be far behind. If you have the $ fix it right save as much as you can. 
We have all been where $ is tight and usually get away with it.  (-:

Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim" <dcvjrv at att.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: <VV> Removing Piston


>I have a cracked piston, on my '64 Turbo, as a result of a dropped valve 
>seat.  How hard is it to replace
> the piston without removing the rod?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim V.
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