Piston ring grinder/filer

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Piston ring grinder/filer

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Does anyone use the little hand crank piston ring file tools, are they worth buying one? If you don't use one, what do you use?
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X2 :huh:
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Try one one of these, I can't wear it out. http://www.fast351.com/cartech/enginerebuild/index3.htm
I like them better than the powered ones.
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Thanks John, this is exactly the tool I was inquiring about, your recommendation is a big help. :)
Any other options out there? Just curious, for now my plan is to get one of these tools.
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Oleshot, I have also used this model , it is the one our local race shop carries and there are a few of these around here, they are good. http://www.behrents.com/mm5/merchant.mv ... e=ROC66785
The electric powered battery pack model didn't do much for me as the sticker shock was way out of line for the use I put one too. Worked well though.
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John, thanks again. Pistons are installed, of course I ran into another problem. One of the rod bearing boxes only had 1/2 of the bearing. Oh well, I guess that's how it goes sometimes.
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The best laid plans of mice and men... It is always something.
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By the way, thoughts on the little ring grinder?
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As it turns out I didn't need it. Probably since this is a true shadtree rebuild (just a honing and a set of rings and bearings), all rings were at the larger end of the ring gap tolerence (a couple were a couple thousands over tolerence).
Maybe I'll need a muffler on the valve cover also. :lol:
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