Order of fitting Total Seal piston rings

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Jotabene

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Just about to install my new Ross pistons with Total Seal Piston Rings.
I not 100% sure in which order the compression rings shall be fitted, though. There is a blackened one and one with a normal steel surface.
Which one is the first (black or steel surface).

Anyone having experience regarding Total Seal Piston Rings?
 
This help?

http://www.totalseal.com/

Installation instructions under tech faq, ring profile dictates placement.
BTW, what does a set cost? I understand Ross pistons are one of the best out there.
 
OK, now I see the link. I actually have the instruction sheet from Total Seal and it's quite general and makes no sense to me.
 
It will all fall into place no problem.  Familiarize yourself with the rings, ID the markings and check ring profiles. You'll need feeler gauges for fitment & poss ring pliers. Practice removing/installing rings on old pistons and remember that rings are brittle and don't like to flex too much.
 
I thought the Total Seal ring instructions were okay
Ross generally supply their own ring sets with their pistons but they supply Total Seal rings for one or two sizes that they don't carry
I prefer the Ross ring sets, had quality control issues with the Total Seal sets in the past

starting from the oil ring
expander section, when fitting, face the joining "legs" so they face downwards
slip the thin rings on next, one top, one bottom
make certain all 3 joins are 120 degrees apart
once installed, confirm that the expander join has not ridden up and over itself and that the legs are touching each other

next ring (2nd) is the profiled ring, it will have a Dot mark on it, that Dot faces up

Top ring, does not matter which way you face it

rings will need to be gapped for your bore, they will not fit just "out of the box", they will need to be filed
post your bore size and I'll give you the required ring gaps

I would not be installing the rings by hand but plenty of people do, use a decent set of ring set pliers to install them

good luck
Red
 
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