MXA had this article posted yesterday about pistons, it's pretty good.
http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News ... -9243.aspx
The tortured life of a piston
Not bad, except for this part "If you flipped a piston upside down and tried to drop it into the cylinder bore from above, it wouldn’t fit. How can that be? The sides of a piston aren’t straight from top to bottom. "
If the cylinder is bored straight then the piston will go through fron either direction.
If the cylinder is bored straight then the piston will go through fron either direction.
Gen 2 AF, yes it's a SH, so I can call it an AF Damm it!
Lulz that's the dumbest ive heard all day! aswell asKuma wrote:Not bad, except for this part "If you flipped a piston upside down and tried to drop it into the cylinder bore from above, it wouldn’t fit. How can that be? The sides of a piston aren’t straight from top to bottom. "
If the cylinder is bored straight then the piston will go through fron either direction.
" Then, as you would expect, it is thrust back upwards by the circular motion of the crank—where it is greeted by another explosion."
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