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Measuring Pistons

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CAUTION: Pointed or sharp objects 
  • Risk of cracks, pricks or cuts 

    → Wear personal protective gear.

CAUTION: Damage to sensitive engine components! 
→ Conscientious and precise work
  1. Using a 75-100 mm outside micrometer  , take a measurement approx. 10 mm from the lower edge of the piston, at a 90° angle to the piston pin axis -1-  .
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Measuring pistons

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Piston skirt wear

Piston diameter New in mm Wear limit
Nominal measurement
Information 
Nominal measurement without coating (thickness = 0.02 mm). The coating wears off.
85.98 Large areas of the stem coating worn and palpable scoring caused by foreign particles