take it to a machine shop it cost like 5 bux per piston/rod set.
take it to a machine shop it cost like 5 bux per piston/rod set.
Unlikely at 40+ an hour. You get set up, then the time for pressing each one.
Most people get big time sticker shock, going into a shop and they quote them a price for something so simple.
Most places will charge you for an hours rate reguardless of it taking less than an hour. Set up, work done, press out, press in, clean up, etc...
Originally Posted by jmmx258
Yea its only $5-10 each , know your machine shop and know their prices before you get work done . If you dont ask the final price before you have the work done, then its your own fault... if you want it done right, goto the right shop; then you dont have to worry
i have had it done at 4 or 5 machine shops never spend more than $40 and i thought that was a rip off.
I was quoted at 60+ at several shops around here, in turn I opted to do it myself.
I took mine to...Proline I believe and was only charged 20 bucks for 6 pistons. remove and mount.
-Ant.
The Carbon Fibered R6
X2. i dnt trust the socket and hammer thing bc u run the risk of possly bending the rod.
You'll only bend the rod if you hold the rod by the bottom while you drive the pins out.
If you rest the piston on a pipe, or a deep well socket, you will not bend the rod because you are applying force in the same area rather than on the rod shaft.
I built and balanced my motor myself. I checked my rods on a marble table, with mics after removing my pistons. They were still straight. There's really no force required to put the pins back in if you do it the same way I did.
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