Cylinder Installation - Honda Motorcycle Service Manual

CYLINDER INSTALLATION
Make sure that the piston ring end gap is correct.
Install a new cylinder gasket and dowel pins.
Coat the cylinder wall with clean engine oil and install the
cylinder.
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Route the cam chain through the cylinder.
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Be careful not to damage the piston rings.
Single cylinder:
Install the cylinder over the piston while compressing the
piston rings by hand.
Multi cylinder:
Position the piston at T.D.C. and install t w o piston bases t o
hold the 213 pistons.
Compress the rings with the piston ring compressor and install
the cylinder.
Parallel four cylinders:
First install #2/3, then #1/4.
Date of Issue: Sep., 1988
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