Posted by Steve43 on November 13, 2013 at 10:59:28 from (69.174.159.189):
I put a set of sleeves in a 450 engine by warming the cylinder bores with trouble lights and chilling the sleeves in a freezer. They went in easy, maybe too easy. Three of them went in without any force required. I had cleaned the bores and the outside of the sleeves with paint thinner before installing them. After I had the pistons installed I turned the crankshaft and 2 sleeves came up with the pistons and I could knock the sleeves back down with a rubber mallet. They seem to be too loose so I am wondering if there is any good way to tighten the sleeves without installing oversize sleeves. The head would hold the sleeves down but I understand that the top flange on the sleeves might break and destroy the engine.
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