Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
[Re: blown360]
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07/19/10 06:52 PM
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My flight get's in in about an hour.. LOL J/K. It helps to stretch them out a little like a spring, then get one end in and walk them around with your thumb, finger or a small screwdriver. IHTHs
Jim
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
[Re: Bigcube]
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07/19/10 07:09 PM
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My flight get's in in about an hour.. LOL J/K. It helps to stretch them out a little like a spring, then get one end in and walk them around with your thumb, finger or a small screwdriver. IHTHs
Yep... stretch them out some(you'll get the hang of how much) then use a pointed item to walk them in in a circle... it gets pretty easy
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
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Yes this has been asked before, and it takes technique. So don't feel bad on your first attempt. Spend some time with the search feature on this board for older posts. Hopefully somebody can give better "instructions". This is what I can add. 1) Stretch it out so when you let go, it is about 1/2" wide (sprung). 2) Push one end into the groove, and don't let the other end get in the hole until the very end. About 1/2 to 3/4 of a turn can be in the hole at one time. 3) Work around and push it in the groove a little bit around at a time in the circular direction. It will go in the groove without excessive pressure if you are doing it correctly. So don't force it. From the Ross Piston Instructions (web): Quote:
Spiro Lox installation may be facilitated by grasping each end of the lox and pulling the ends apart a MODERATE (approximately ˝”) amount. This will cause the lox to resemble a small coil spring. The lox can then be “spiraled” into place almost as if you were screwing them into the groove. Be sure that all lox are properly seated and that they exert radial pressure against the lox groove. You should not be able to spin the lox by hand after they are installed. Most Ross Racing Pistons come with double lox (four lox total per piston – two at each end of the pin). Be sure that the correct number of lox are installed in each piston.
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
[Re: RyanJ]
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07/19/10 07:36 PM
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Spirolox are piece of cake compared to round wire locks,
After doing this stuff for years, your hands become like "tools". You can explain it to someone till your blue in the face, but they don't get it.
Then again, while my hands are well equipped for various shop tasks, I cannot use this new touch-screen phone. It's maddening, but who do they make these phones for anyway? I can't press the screen without hitting two buttons at the same time.
MB
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
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07/19/10 07:44 PM
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I can't press the screen without hitting two buttons at the same time.
MB
Sounds like you use a pointed instrument to fit those locks.
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
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07/19/10 09:32 PM
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Also, do yourself a BIG favor and count the spiro lox carefully. I got down to the last piston and had 5 lox left. After checking and rechecking and checking again, I realized I got one too many. You'll get the hang of it after about 7 pistons. Brian Dunnigan
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
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07/20/10 12:39 AM
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If you think they are fun putting in just wait till you have to take them out! Make sure you DBBL check your rod and piston are assembled correctly before putting the locks in.
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
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07/20/10 12:54 AM
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And, I like to put 'em in so that the "rounded" side is to the inside.
Seduce the attractive, and charm the rest.
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
[Re: RyanJ]
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07/20/10 11:04 AM
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Spirolox are piece of cake compared to round wire locks...
Are the wire locks you refer to like the ones that motorcycle pistons have used for decades?
The PITA w/ those, as I recall, was when the locks were the style without the little tang that you could grasp w/ needle-nose pliers when twisting them in. It depended on the piston supplier as to which style of lock was provided.
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Re: SPIROLOX HELP ME PLEASE!
[Re: chris3]
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07/21/10 10:11 AM
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Sound like if I follow the instructions I should be able to put the new ones in. No advise on how to get the old ones out? They are doubles in Ross Pistons.
I use a small "jewelers" screwdriver. Once you get the end started out of there, then you can just wind them out.
MB
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