Tjc702
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I have a 97 vmax600xtc with 4700 miles on it. It runs great. I was thinking about replacing the rings over the summer. Do you think I need to do this?
Tjc702 said:I have a 97 vmax600xtc with 4700 miles on it. It runs great. I was thinking about replacing the rings over the summer. Do you think I need to do this?
the way mine is set up i hardly go over 7000.then its just for a few seconds . mine has a ex manifold spacer that was ,made by ??? . it lowers the op rpm . mine is setup for trail use . i hardly ever need to go over half throttle . the trees come up fast .it only took me 11,000 miles to get it right , but it has never puled this hard beforeyammy said:If maintained well.....summerized good and such, you don.t need to replace anything!I had over 14000 miles on my 97 sx before I re ringed it, and it was piped for 12000 of those miles with a shift out of 9000 rpm.......believe!
stein700sx said:Do a compression test. This will give you an indication of how good or bad the rings are. There are people on here that do rings every 5000 and some at 10,000. All depends on your maintence schedule, oil, fuel and driving habits.
I actually had an old Indy 500 that had so much play in the pistons that the skirt caught the edge of the intake port and shattered. I never knew the rings were so bad as the sled still ran pretty good.Ding said:Worn rings allow the pistons to rock more which increases skirt wear