Piston needs heat to remove wrist pins.trying it without heat you may get lucky on one or two but you run the risk of breaking piston or connecting rod which can end up costing more than a machine shop fee.
Hey man I tried doing this very same thing tonight and I ended up stripping the bolt I bought and the washers bent on me n everything. In order for this vice method to work............you need a grade 8 bolt of adequate length, same with the nut. Now for the washer, you need a really thick one, like one from a ball joint kit or a cam bearing tool kit, one of those really thick black washers ya know. And usually the head from a grade 8 bolt will bite onto the end of the wrist pin if it's shouldered. If not shouldered you can always rough up the underside of the hex head and it will bite. Anyway, I know this video is over a year old but I hope this can help. What I really do like about this video is the fact you knew what size hardware to use!
Thanks for the info. That was kind of a big fail. I ended up just getting a press after I heard how much the wanted to remove them. The press was cheaper. But if I have to do again, grade 8 and thicker washers for sure!
Or i guess worse case...the shop i use charges $40 to install pistons on press fit rods lol that includes removing the old ones but its an inconvenience and would be nice to just do it myself easily and reliably
Hmmmm. As the guy above said about grade 8 and thicker washers……. BUT!!! What if you added a rattle gun to the mix…. Go TECHNICAL on the motherf**ker….. 🤣🤣🤣👍👌😱
What if u added some heat to the pin, should help it come out i would think as long as your not overheating the rod. Obviously if your wanting to salvage the piston this might not be ideal but if your removing it rod then you shouldn't much care about the old poston cause if your like me you just want that rod to use 🤣
Every time he showed that angle grinder. I was afraid he was going to pick it up and try to cut the wrist pin out. It made me so nervous😬😬
The easier way is to put that piston back in the engine and run it up to about 8000rpm and hold it there until it removes itself.
Hahaha sounds like a lot more fun that way for sure!
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Piston needs heat to remove wrist pins.trying it without heat you may get lucky on one or two but you run the risk of breaking piston or connecting rod which can end up costing more than a machine shop fee.
You need washers on the right side to give you room for the box-end wrench to grab-hold.
Hey man I tried doing this very same thing tonight and I ended up stripping the bolt I bought and the washers bent on me n everything. In order for this vice method to work............you need a grade 8 bolt of adequate length, same with the nut. Now for the washer, you need a really thick one, like one from a ball joint kit or a cam bearing tool kit, one of those really thick black washers ya know. And usually the head from a grade 8 bolt will bite onto the end of the wrist pin if it's shouldered. If not shouldered you can always rough up the underside of the hex head and it will bite. Anyway, I know this video is over a year old but I hope this can help. What I really do like about this video is the fact you knew what size hardware to use!
Thanks for the info. That was kind of a big fail. I ended up just getting a press after I heard how much the wanted to remove them. The press was cheaper. But if I have to do again, grade 8 and thicker washers for sure!
@@BackyardGarage1 Yeah for sure! Sometimes ya gatta learn things the hard way, which is the best in my opinion despite the frustration and agony lol!
You're totally right about that. If it was easy then everyone would do it. I know I had my fare share of frustrations with the build
Pointed me in the right direction 👍
Or i guess worse case...the shop i use charges $40 to install pistons on press fit rods lol that includes removing the old ones but its an inconvenience and would be nice to just do it myself easily and reliably
Hmmmm. As the guy above said about grade 8 and thicker washers……. BUT!!! What if you added a rattle gun to the mix…. Go TECHNICAL on the motherf**ker….. 🤣🤣🤣👍👌😱
Thank you for the video
What if u added some heat to the pin, should help it come out i would think as long as your not overheating the rod. Obviously if your wanting to salvage the piston this might not be ideal but if your removing it rod then you shouldn't much care about the old poston cause if your like me you just want that rod to use 🤣
If you heat the pin its gonna expand inside the rod and make it even harder to remove.
Just heat the rod up and push it out.
Genius 💯
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Perfect!
Lol that was a failed video for sure.
@@BackyardGarage1 lmao i tried it for the pistons on my z31... it deff took me a couple versions to get it right hahah
I’m dumber now .
Oh shit
This doesn't show anything except how to put a long bolt through a piston hole should not even be on RUclips.
Thanks for the kind words!
Just remove this video
lol thats 4 minutes i'll never get back