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  1. J

    Piston pin fit. How tight is too tight.

    I cleaned them up with a green pad and tapped them in with a rubber hammer. They were originally packed in cosmoline. I had to soak them for a day in gasoline to unravel all the packing. I still had to press them out of the piston with a press. Must have been some cosmoline around the pin. I...
  2. J

    Piston pin fit. How tight is too tight.

    I'm rebuilding the 6-cylinder flathead out of my 1953 M37 but I have a question about the piston pins. The rod ends bushings were burnished to fit the pin. I'm having to use a hydraulic press to push the pins into the pistons. I've never had piston pins that are this tight before. I assumed...
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