@#$%#@ spirolocs

ok i give up, how do you install these? can you use true-arcs instead on diamond pistons, are they interchangable?

fun aint they.

cool40 wrote:fun aint they.

fun aint the word i was using

dfree383 wrote:slightly pull them apart so the look like a spring.

insert them and roll them in, might need a small screw drive to push them in.

Its not hard.

thats what i was doing dfree, i was worried it was'nt right & i would take the spring tension out of them

dfree383 wrote:Thats the way to do them. But don't pull them way out, maybe untill they are 1/2" or so.

i feel a little better about it now,thanks-you guys are big help

Mine came with directions and they said to pull them apart almost 3/4". Then use a little flat blade screw driver to work the spring in. I was installing them just as fast as my bro could lube and install the wrist pins.

http://www.460ford.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111159&highlight=spirolox

Just like rainbow Dave said.............once you get the hang of it you will be rockin'.

there is a tool available that is supposed to make the install easier

I take my index finger, place it through the hole in the spirolock, catch the end of it with my fingernail, then push the end down into the groove. Roll it right in with a screwdriver from there.

This might help.

http://www.lockintool.com/how-to-use/

wait untill you want them out! that's the greatest time you ever had.

BigDave65 wrote:I take my index finger, place it through the hole in the spirolock, catch the end of it with my fingernail, then push the end down into the groove. Roll it right in with a screwdriver from there.

Yup. Use your index fingernail. They go very quickly when you get the hang of it. It helps to dull the end of a small screwdriver for use as a tool, making it more of a mini spoon.

-Jared

What the hell is a fingernail

cool40 wrote:wait untill you want them out! that's the greatest time you ever had.

You took the words right off my fingertips. Puttin' them in is cake. I've yet to try and take them out. I've had nightmares about having to do it. Seriously!






Doug...

Like was said, pull them apart a little and they go right in, once you get the hang of it, it's cake.
Jr.

you guys were right, once i got the hang of it it was not bad at all. i tried a search on here but got nothing.pretty much had to give up on the "other" site,the search feature there seems to work better but the animated banners kill download speed.i dont mind ads but it got out of hand

Like already said some are a breeze to do some are not for example i had a set of .030 kb hypers for a 302 that were easy in or out but the .060 set were nearly impossible to do i had to do a lot of smoothing out of the sharp edges with emory cloth. Now the lock in tool is the bomb you can do all 16 in a matter of minutes www.lockintool.com

cool40 wrote:wait untill you want them out! that's the greatest time you ever had.

Yeah thats a whole 'nother issue. I wish they could modify the end to make it easier to get hold of. Once you get the end started out, they pull right out.

My link in this thread didn't work, so here's another try....... I remember that sad time in my life.


http://www.460ford.com/forum/showpost.php?p=526704&postcount=2

cool40 wrote:wait untill you want them out! that's the greatest time you ever had.

I think I wasted 30 minutes one day trying to get one out. The next day I took all 8 pistons to my engine guy he had them all out in less than 5 minutes. I just had to shake my head.

Those things are a pain in the ass.

G-