[QUOTE=JimGnitecki;11256244]
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Originally Posted by Kerry
IF all the above is true, then t's basic math:
The piston ring's total circumference is about 12 inches. It's thickness though, apaprently, is only say .07 inch.
So the thickness is 0.07/12 = .00583 of the circumference.
Too seize up, the ring apparently has to grow by only .010".
That .010" is only 0.010 / 12 = .000833 of the circumference.
If the thickness expands to the same proportion as the circumference (there's an "if" here), then the thickness will expand from .010" to .010" x (1 + .000833) = .01000833". That's a gain in thickness of only (.01000833 - .010) = .00000833" of about .00833 of one thosuandth of an inch. Not enough to seize it.
Jim G
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