golf pistons opinions

[johnw_123]

hi...i have a husky 346 which needs a new piston, i have a golf piston.

but have read a lot issues regarding the the ring locating pin comming loose and wrecking the cylinder.

any one here any problems with golf pistons.

so should i fit it or would it better to buy a meteor piston instead.

 

thanks in advance

[peatff]

Use the circlips from the old piston if you don't trust the ones with the new piston. 

[johnw_123]

48 minutes ago, peatff said:

Use the circlips from the old piston if you don't trust the ones with the new piston. 

no not the circlips...its the pin in the piston ring groove....as for the circlips i have a bunch of stihl ones

[peatff]

Ah I see, the brass one in the ring land. Sorry I wasn't paying attention I was thinking of the aftermarket circlips that some people don't like.

[bmp01]

On a sample of one.... bag of excrement.

 

Golf piston for a Husky 136 (so a low value engine), the inside forging was 1 mm offset to the machined detail, so one wide boss and one narrow boss for the gudgeon pin to run in, off setting the rod to one side. The piston was also 8 grams heavier than the original (thats 48 grams instead of 40, 20% heavier). The gudgeon pin, the hole was visually eccentric and not parallel to the outside diameter. Don't know about durability, this particular one was not fitted.

 

Avoid fitting to anything you remotely value.

 

All IMHO based on a single piston, purchased through that auction site from a dealer,  came in manufacturers packaging. 

 

 

Edited March 24, 2018 by bmp01
Edit for clarity.

[spudulike]

I have used them many years ago and they are sort of OK. With a 346, I would use a Meteor as they have good circlips, proper cast rings by Caber and their machining is excellent. Husky top ends are ridiculously expensive so would fit a quality replacement piston. For some reason, the Meteor top ends I have had in recently have had pretty poor port shaping and believe they come from elsewhere but the pistons have always been 100%  

[Khriss]

BMP - thats actually worse than the Russian pistons I used to get for my Ural 650, an they were saucepan alloy ! K

[johnw_123]

thanks chaps......meteor piston on order now

 

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, johnw_123 said:

thanks chaps......meteor piston on order now

 

Wise move .