Cylinder Head O Ring Tool

We prefer stainless to copper o rings because we re using a copper head gasket and we d like to deform the copper head gasket rather than have the soft copper o ring deform as well explains hunter.

Cylinder head o ring tool. Valve seat grinding. The kits include cobalt cutting blades and a 1 lb. Neway valve seat cutting. Cutting the grooves for o rings on a cummins cylinder head.

Cutting the grooves for o rings on a cummins cylinder head. Cylinder heads may be cut without first being stripped as the chips are fully contained in the register plate bores during cutting. O ring register plates o ring register plates right are designed to work specifically with bhj s o ring groove cutter. O ringing is a process that entails cutting a properly sized groove into the deck surface of either the head or the block then inserting a wire ring all the way around the cylinder.

Head block surfacing. A groove that s aligned with the head gasket s fire ring is cut in the face of the head and then a stainless steel wire is inserted in the groove. The o ringing process is quite simple. Bhj products o ring and receiver groove cutter can be used to install o rings or fire rings.

The tool left top uses register plates top right to bolt to the head gasket side of the cylinder head the bolts go through the top. Using the o ring groove cutter with the appropriate register plate an automotive machinist can accurately groove a pair of v 8 heads in just over one hour or a block and heads in approximately two and a half hours. Owners of older bhj o ring cutter heads can upgrade to the org 3 adjustable tool block by purchasing the org 3 upgrade kit part number org 3 upgd. Combining the sealing properties of some dissimilar metals together one can reap the benefits of a leak free cylinder sealing solution.

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