Scratch built, Piston pin tool. pics.

[Indrid cold]

Hi,

 

Scratch built my first Piston pin puller for my EA-82 Motor.

I used another board members description from past post

and mixed with what I had in my garage.

I have alot of plumbing parts sitting around so

that is what I used.

 

Seemed to work good as pulled all 4 pins out in short order.

 

Thanks for those who came before and shared their experiences.

 

Thx, Noob.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[xoomer]

All the mumbo jumbo.. Whats a wrist pin?

[Indrid cold]

sorry, I put Wrist pin but I guess proper name is the Piston Pin so I edited original post.

 

I am tearing down an EA-82 Motor (First time) from my 88 wagon and have to pull pins that connect piston to connecting rods to split block.... so the book says.

 

Sorry if there was some confusion.

[TheSubaruJunkie]

No you were right... Wrist pin is the propper term. Its the pin that holds the piston its connecting rod. Good looking tool.

 

-Brian

[Subarian]

Yeah, it's called a wrist pin because when the piston is mounted on the rod via the wrist pin, the movement is like a wrist, up and down but not side to side.

[RenaissanceMan]

awfully complicated looking tool... if you get 2 larger flat blade screwdrivers and shove them in the wrist pin, and spread them apart as tightly as you can you can usually get those wrist pins out.

 

-Mike

[Indrid cold]

awfully complicated looking tool...

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Remember the Noob curve. The more I am doing with my Subaru's and reading posts the more I am learning and able to deviate from the norm... ie.. why have a fancy tool when screwdrivers would work...

 

now I know! (* but there is a right tool for every job.)

 

But, at the time I am trying to follow the manuals on how to sucessfully take a motor appart and not damage the parts ... the more I do, the more I learn and the more short cuts I can take in the future.

 

Most the parts I had were laying in the garage so not as bad as it looked.