Cylinder Installation - Piston In Cylinder - Polaris RANGER ETX 2015 Owner's Manual

ENGINE / COOLING SYSTEM
5. Carefully compress rings with fingers and install
cylinder with a slight front to back rocking motion
until all rings are captive in cylinder and past the
taper of the sleeve.
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6. Push cylinder downward until fully seated on base
gasket.
7. Hold the cylinder in place and rotate the engine and
position the piston at TDC.
If cam chain and flywheel are installed (top end work
only is being performed) hold cam chain tight while
rotating the engine to avoid damage to the chain, drive
sprocket teeth, or tensioner blade.
CYLINDER INSTALLATION - PISTON IN
CYLINDER
The piston and cylinder can be installed onto the engine
as an assembly. Using this method, special tools: PV-
43570–1 (Piston Ring Compressor Pliers) and PA-51457
(Piston Ring Band) can be used to compress the rings
when installing the piston into the cylinder.
1. Clean the cylinder bore and piston assembly. Apply a
light film of clean engine oil to the cylinder bore and
piston.
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2. Install a new piston circlip into the MAG (stator) side
of piston with the gap at the 12:00 position.
An arrow mark denotes the MAG (stator) side of the
3. Verify all ring gaps are correctly located on the piston.
4. Carefully install the Piston Ring Band (PA-51457)
around all of the rings on the piston. Secure the band
with the Compressor Pliers (PV-43570–1).
Orientate band tool so that open end is opposite the
MAG side of the piston.
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piston.
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