Piston ring insertion using hose clamp and plastic

Forget commercial ring compressors. This easier and cheaper.

[@hootinouts]

Beautiful! I am rebuilding a two piston air compressor and need to get the pistons back into the cylinders. I don't have a ring compressor but do have a collection of hose clamps and scraps of plastic. Thank you for sharing your technique. Also, I like your humble and gentle manor of narrating.

[@Partnerthedog]

His Voice Has Bob Ross Vibes. Love it

[@bssimmonds]

Great video. Really helpful as I’m repairing an air compressors pump with 55mm cylinders. This method will work well.

[@aaronjohnson5683]

I'd recommend just using the hose clamp without the plastic if its wide enough to cover all the seals because when I tried it, it dragged the plastic down and got it stuck between the piston and cylinder wall. Using a hose clamp by itself worked best for me.

[@linkinpiatak6669]

You could mess up the rings doing this though its safer with plastic

[@thekrutchinator]

That is the issue with plastic... I used some 90mm poly pipe then lined it with some steel shim.... worked a treat!

[@thrashingcows8610]

Trying to slide a piston "UP" into a cylinder on a quad motor, the standard/commercial ring compressor won't work due to clearance issues....think this might do the trick...Thanks for the idea!

[@smww503]

Dealing with this now on a dirtbike.what a pain

[@timspur7203]

thats cool as hell...thats what i was looking for to use on my 12hp briggs i,m putting the piston back in...you should try to market that setup

[@RickJones222]

BRILLIANT! I'm going to use this method!

[@patrickw8302]

I probably bought the same POS “tool” you did 😂

[@danielmeecham464]

Well done sir! Thank you for sharing that.

[@cheskybaba4864]

Genius! Love it, Thanks!

[@astrofire68]

Excellent. The commercial ring compressors are expensive and mostly useless.👍

[@bradleygross1994]

Thanks....... Helped me 100 percent!!!

[@seanallen924]

Worked great! Thanks 🙏

[@5StarRestorations]

FANTASTIC!!! THANKS!

[@T332009]

great job, thanks

[@brandoncase6002]

This is GENIUS

[@markb7303]

Practical Genius

[@irongutsspeedshop3334]

Looks just like my Snap On one but the snap on one is a 4” tall hose clamp

[@ToyotaLand4d56]

I'll try to find a hose clam as big as that.

[@moemoe-zl5xh]

very useful...i try like this...

[@romulobello8994]

thank you