A piston then becomes a network of compromises. It can be divided into four distinct areas. First, the pin boss. The pin boss is designed with good relationship between the connecting rod and pin.

Obviously the pin boss is there to support the pin and provide bearing area for that point which anchors the piston to the connecting rod. Because the vertical pressures—generated from the power ...

By Gray Baskerville A piston is anything but a slug. It's asked to withstand the cylinder pressures generated by 200,000,000 ... Originally published in the February 1975 issue of Hot Rod magazine ...

As the pistons in an engine move up and down, driven by expanding gases as the air and fuel burn, connecting rods, or con rods, transmit the linear force of the pistons into a rotating motion of ...

The piston is basically a round thing on a stick (called a connecting rod) that travels in a close-fitting, round cylinder. When the piston moves all the way up in the cylinder (which mechanics ...

But the frictional properties of piston seals and piston-rod seals are becoming increasingly important to the operators of modern fluid-power systems. High static and dynamic friction accelerate ...

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In case you’ve disassembled your Toyota VVTi engine to replace the piston rings or perform other repairing jobs, you’ll need to put all the parts back together correctly. We’ll see here how ...

The seals for a rod sealing system protect the dynamic reciprocating motion for the piston rod and head. The dynamic reciprocating motion between the piston and cylinder bore is another area of a ...