Norm has a thread on the reversed top end it gives good info. Unfortunately, I had to turn mine back around. Caught a ring. I even turned the piston around like yer supposed to(proper wear, ring port alignment) and it still hung up. I think it has to do with port position. I believe Norm ended up turning his back around as well. Honestly, I think it's a crap-shoot on weather it will work or not. It ran great till' that ring hung.(Might a been 'cuz I was racing a rukus and was close to red for too long=)) I got the turn signals from rite-aid, 8 buks I believe. In the bike section. Did you know that rite aid has a bike section? It also has a running light in the middle that I had rigged up as a brake light, but I broke the switch. I'll show everyone that when I get it hooked up again. I also wanted to mention that if any one has the thumb shifter for their clutch, I can tell you how to fix the ratcheting mech. inside so it doesn't snap in. It wont lock anymore, but yer not gonna burn up yer clutch either.
That's not entirely true. Because of where the rings on these things sit, you have to make sure that you turn the piston as well. That being said , the edge of the ring still has the tendency to hang up because because of the difference in port height. As far as the thing litteraly running backwards, the magneto would have to be reversed in order for it to fire. Otherwise it would try to fire on the exhaust stroke, no go. If it were able to run backwards, I would have figured out some way to mount that sucker by now=)
Well, again I say it's a little bit of a c**p-shoot on weather it works or not. Were talkin about ht 2strokes here. We all know about the QC over there and that I'm sure is a determining factor. This particular motor, when the pipe and the carb are removed, you can see jus the slighest bit of the ring gap mark inside of the ports. Not alot but it's there. Doesn't matter which way or combo I try to use. I did some VERY mild porting but I suspect it was that way to begin with. So, on my particular ht, when the jug was turned, the leading edge of the ring was exposed just enough to hang up at the top of it's stroke.Also, my piston has two rings on it. Someone posted earlier something about one ring? Do they come with one ring?
Mine are similar, only there's no pin to hold them in place. There's a dot imprinted on the side of the piston were the gap lines up, otherwise you can't squeeze them far enough into the channel to get the piston into the cylinder. I also forgot to mention that this may happen again even with the jug in the right direction. So far, so good, but the way those rings are held in place seems prone to failure anyway after so many miles of wear. CONSPIRACY! Kiddin'. There's no conspiracy..... I KNOW there out to get me.=) xx.
