You could most likely even use an oil stone or just a piece of fine sandpaper to shave a tad off one end of the piston pin .They couldn't be off much over a couple thou .
A little off the subject but along the same lines .When I souped the Stihl 038 Mag I got from B I had to freeze the damned...
The question of reusing cir-clips is often a debatable subject . The method of removal I use does not compress them very much so I just reuse them .
An ice pick with a slightly bent end works very well to pry them out of the groove .Much less stress than using a thin bladed screw driver .
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Aha,the rest of the story . Like I said I've had some problems before getting the Meteor clips to fit in .They seem at least to me to be a tad too thick to seat properly in the groove .
It's after the fact so the cause is hard to determine .However if it shot the clip at just the right time it could have been blown up the transfer tunnel and the pin snagged the transfers probabley on the way down .
It stands to reason in my mind that if it snagged going up it would either...
You could probabley do better than that with a used one . The only problem I've ever had was on some aftermarket pistons regarding the clips .Those were all Stihl though and I just reused the OEM clips and had no problems .
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