Piston Rings

Contents:
1. Explanations
2. Rings for Sale

 


1. Explanations

Two-Stroke Piston Ring Types C, T, L


type C = Common “square”  shape (cross-section)
Listed as: D x h x w

 


type T = Trapezoidal “slant top” shape (cross-section)
Listed as: D x h1/h2 x w

 


type L = L-shape  aka  “Dykes”  shape (cross-section)
Listed as: D x h1/h2 x w1/w2

 

Two-Stroke Ring Gap Types N, I

gap N = GN Grano Normale gap style is for ring pin on side of ring groove
gap  I  = GI  Grano Interno = gap style is for ring pin in center of ring groove
gap (blank) is for L-ring gap style, ring is like a GI but groove is like a GN

GN gap (aka FG)
pin on side of groove

GI gap style
pin inside groove

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2. Rings for Sale

 

price is for each ring, unless noted.  All rings are for 50cc engines, unless noted.

size x height x width 00 type gap price    under 38 mm

36.50 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $10.0
222812 Tomos MC36 36cc

 

size x height x width 00 type gap price    38 to 38.9 mm

38.00 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C   I  $10.0
0215.100.100 Sachs 1979-on 504,505 1C,1D upper
Zanetti (front engine)

38.00 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.60 /7  T  N  $17.0
223707 Tomos A55 (2001-06) superseded in ’07 to 236802

38.00 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $$9.0
236802 Tomos A35 (1991-06), Tomos A55 (2007-on)
000.672.5110 Derbi 1976-1986 lower only, Odyssey, Solo

38.00 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.5/0.4  L  N  $10.0
000.802.5110 Derbi 1976-1986 upper (fits Puch loose inner)

38.00 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.6/0.6  L  none
328.110.9601 Puch 1979-1980 deluxe models upper

38.00 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 $13.0
331.110.1601 Puch rounded edge for aluminum cylinder

38.00 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 $$9.0
320.110.0601 Puch except some ’79-80 upper
0215.009.000 Sachs 504, 505 1A,1B both, 1C,1D lower
044754 Tomos A3 1975-1990, AMF BHE900 rear engine
26.1001 Morini S5K, S5K2, 2M, 3M, F48

38.00 x 2.50 x 1.50.7/0.7  C  N  $11.0
71.0802.0 4600 Minarelli V1 1hp 20mph, Sears Allstate, early Puch

38.00 x 2.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C flat  none
Solex 45cc 1946-1954  use 38.00 x 2.50 C N

38.20 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1  C  N  $10.0
182518 Piaggio 79-later & some 78s lower ring

38.20 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1  C  N  $16.0
166945 Piaggio 78-80 USA-type, must file down a 077775
26.1002 1os Morini S5K, S5K2, 2M, 3M, F48

38.20 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/.75  L  N  $14.0
182519 Piaggio 79-later & some 78s upper ring

38.20 x 2.50 x 1.50.7/0.7  C  N   none 
71.0852.7 4610 Minarelli 1os V1 1hp 20mph, Sears Allstate, early Puch

38.205x1.9/1.0 x 1.5/0.4  L  N  $8.00
000.802.5110 1os Derbi 1976-1986 upper ring

38.205x2.0/1.0 x 1.9/0.5  L  N  $9.00
0
38.205x1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $15.0
000.672.2511 1os Derbi lower

38.25 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $21.0
0
made from a filed 38.4 x 1.5

38.25 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $16

38.40 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $14.0
132515 std or 1os Piaggio lower ring, 79-later & some 78s

38.40 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.60 /7  T  N  none
3010010 Kinetic TFR (Vespa Si remake) 95-later

38.40 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $10.0
077775 Piaggio 77-earlier & some 78s, early Kinetic

38.40 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/.75  L  N  none 
G.68473 std or 1os Piaggio upper ring, 79-later & some 78s

38.40 x 2.50 x 1.50.7/0.7  C  N  $9.00
71.0852.7 4620 Minarelli 2os V1 1hp 20mph, Sears Allstate, early Puch

38.50 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $12.0
227758 1os Tomos A35

38.50 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $10.0
044751 1os Tomos A3

38.60 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $9.00
137693 1os or 2os Piaggio  

38.60 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $14.0
98196 1os Sachs 504, 505, 2os Piaggio 79- lower

38.60 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/.75  L  N  $13.0
137690 1os or 2os Piaggio upper ring, 79-later & some 78s

38.70 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $16.0
71.0803.0 4635 Minarelli V1 (US 1979-on and some ’78)

38.80 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.65/.6  L  N  $11.0
4.7470.5140 Demm Smily upper
68.0116.0 Minarelli P4 (export al-cyl, Compact System, Radiale) upper

38.80 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/.75  L  N  $11.0
137691 2os Piaggio upper ring

38.80 x 1.50 x 1.50.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
71.0805.0 4640 Minarelli V1 (US to-1978)
68.0115.0 Minarelli P4 (export iron-cyl, Sport Quadro) both
68.0115.0 Minarelli P4 (export al-cyl, Compact System, Radiale) lower
137694 2os Piaggio upper ring

38.80 x 1.50 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C   I   none
22350-65 Aermacchi Harley Davidson M50 1965-66 stroke 42

38.80 x 2.00 /.0 x 0.1/0.1 C  N  $10.0
4.7470.5100 Demm Smily lower

 

size x height x width 00 type gap price    39 to 39.9 mm

39.00 x 1.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $19.0
26.1056 Morini S5N, S5GS kids off road, both

39.00 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.70 /7  T   I    none
13011.GE2.305a Honda NS50 upper

39.00 x 1.20 x 1.85 /0..7  C   I   $10.
13011.GE2.305b Honda NS50 lower

39.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
71.0855.7 4650 1os Minarelli  V1, P4, P4 (alum cyl) lower
26.1044 Morini S5T, S5E, S5ET kids off road, lower

39.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $10.0
22351-65 1os Aermacchi Harley Davidson M50 1965-66

39.00 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $12.0
22148 Motobecane (after 06-76) Morini S5R lower

39.00 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
14821 Motobecane (before 07-76), DiBlasi mini-cycle

39.00 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/0.7  L  N  $19.0
26.1003 Morini S5R, S5T alum. cylinder (upper ring)

39.03 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $12.
2812200 Jawa 207 1970-83 standard

39.20 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $15.0
71.0855.7 4660 2os Minarelli V1, P4, P4 (al-cyl) lower

39.20 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   none
22352-65 2os Aermacchi Harley Davidson M50 1965-66

39.25 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.70 /7  T   I   $19.
13012.GE2.305a 1os Honda NS50 upper

39.25 x 1.20 x 1.85 /0..7  C   I   $10.
13012.GE2.305b1os Honda NS50 lower

39.28 x 2.00 x 1.65 /0..7  C   I   $14.0
2812201 1os Jawa 207 1970-83

39.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  N   none 
71.0855.7 4670 3os Minarelli V1, P4, P4 (al-cyl) lower

39.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   none
22353-65 3os Aermacchi Harley Davidson M50 1965-66

39.40 x 2.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N   $11.0
Rizzato Califfo 1978 (Rizzato 119 engine)

39.50 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.70 /7  T   I    none
13013.GE2.305a 2os Honda NS50 upper

39.50 x 1.20 x 1.85 /0..7  C   I   $10.
13013.GE2.305b 2os Honda NS50 lower

39.50 x 1.70 x 1.60 /0..7  C flat $10.0
60817 Solex rings (3) no locating pins

39.53 x 2.00 x 1.65 /0..7  C   I   $19.0
2812202 2os Jawa 207 1970-83

39.60 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $17.0
71.0855.7 4680 4os Minarelli  V1, P4, P4 (al-cyl) lower

39.80 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $17.0
71.0855.7 4690 5os Minarelli V1, P4, P4 (al-cyl) lower

39.80 x 2.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N none
1os Rizzato Califfo 1978 (Rizzato 119 engine)

 

size x height x width 00 type gap price    40 to 40.9 mm

40.00 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.60 /7  T  N  $14.0
633086 China 49cc two-strokes upper, most

40.00 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.70 /7  T   I   $14
2W1.11610.0000a Yamaha YSR50 upper, PGO Star 50 upper, others

40.00 x 1.20 x 1.85 /0..7  C   I   $13
2W1.11610.0000b Yamaha YSR50 lower, PGO Star 50 lower, others

40.00 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.80 /7  $14.0
13011.147.005a Dailim Trac, upper for Honda NC50,PA50,Yamaha QT50

40.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
55196 Batavus M48, M56, Trac (not Daelim), Flandria 
Bermuda
13011.147.005b Honda lower for NC50,PA50, Yamaha QT50 lower
G7347 Benelli G2, 1965-75 Ward Riverside, Benelli mini-cycles
26.1044 Morini S5R, S5T alum. cylinder (lower ring)

40.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $10.0
551913 Morini MO Gyromat,Convert (early ’70s MO1,MO2)
0F0.250.0111 Derbi 1986-1989 flat reed, Kreidler Flory

40.00 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
307.021.00 Garelli all 1970’s, 00’s Avanti/Mont (most)
Casal K177, 2000’s Hero Majestic Pacer

40.00 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/0.7  L  N   $10.0
310.001.00 Garelli Monza GT upper

40.00 x 2.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $14.0
38315 Peugeot 102, 103 (almost all US models)

40.20 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $22.0
G7347/2 1os Benelli, 1os M Ward, filed down 40.25

40.20 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $15.0
308.027.00 1os Garelli

40.25 x 1.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $12.0
633087 1os China 49cc two-stroke scooter

40.25 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.80 /7  T  N   none
13021.147.005a 1os Honda NC50, PA50 upper

40.25 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $15.
13021.147.005b 1os Honda NC50, PA50 lower, 480511 1os Laura M48

40.30 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $19.0
4641b Minarelli V1HL and V1L lower, filed down 40.5

40.30 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.8/0.7  L  N  none
4641a Minarelli V1L upper

40.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  none  
G7347/4 2os Benelli  G2, 2os M Ward and mini-cycles

40.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7   I   $9.00
26.1045 Morini MO1, MO2, MO4, M1

40.40 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $12.0
308.028.00 2os Garelli
40.50 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.80 /7  T  N  none
13031.147.005a 2os Honda NC50, PA50 upper

40.50 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $12.0
13031.147.005b 2os Honda NC50, PA50 lower, 2os Laura M48

40.50 x 2.50 1./x 1.7/0.7   I   $12.0
33648 1os Peugeot 102, 103 (some, but none in CA)
40.60 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $16.0
G7347/6 3os Benelli, 3os M Ward
71.0860.7 4651b 1os Minarelli V1L lower

40.60 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I  $12.0
26.1046/6 1os Morini MO1, MO2, MO4, M1

40.60 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
308.029.00 3os Garelli

40.60 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.65/.6  L  N  $15.
71.0860.7 4651a 1os Minarelli V1L upper

40.75 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.80 /7  T  N   none
13041.147.005a 3os Honda NC50, PA50 upper

40.75 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N   none
13041.147.005b 3os Honda NC50, PA50 lower

40.80 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $12.0
26.1046/8 2os Morini MO1, MO2, MO4, M1

40.80 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $9.0
71.0860.7 4661b 2os Minarelli V1L lower

40.80 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.65/.6  L  N none
71.0860.7 4661a 2os Minarelli V1L upper

40.80 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
308.030.00 4os Garelli 

 

size x height x width 00 type gap price    41 mm and over

41.00 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.90 /7  T   I   $14
13010.GJ5.015a Honda TG50, NN50 Gyro upper

41.00 x 1.2/1.0 x 1.90 /7  C   I none
13010.GJ5.015b Honda TG50, NN50 Gyro lower

41.00 x 1.5/1.3 x 1.80 /7   I   $14.0
12140-16B10 Suzuki FY50, FZ50, FA50 upper

41.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
Minarelli V1 Industriale 53cc stroke 42

41.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I   $12.0
Unknown only one

42.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  none
Minarelli
V1 Carrabela 58cc stroke 42

42.00 x 2.00 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  none
Puch
DS60

42.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C flat $40/set
E660-00-50 Indian 4-stroke ring set comp(2) oil(1)

42.25 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C flat $40/set
E660-10-50 1os Indian 4-stroke set comp(2) oil(1)

42.50 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C flatnone
E660-20-50 2os Indian 4-stroke set comp(2) oil(1)

42.75 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $12.0
big bore kit appr 60cc only two

43.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $12.0
4635HP big bore kit appr 60cc only 3

43.00 x 2.0/1.0 x 1.65/.6  L   N  $16.0
big bore kit
appr 60cc only one

43.50 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
big bore kit appr 60cc

44.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  $10.0
G-591 Benelli Dynamo 65 59cc stroke 39
MF-554 big bore kit Peugeot 103 59cc
2

44.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I    $11
22350-67 Aermacchi Harley Davidson M65 1967-72 64cc stroke 42

44.20 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I    none
22351-67 1os Aermacchi Harley Davidson M65 1967-72 64.5

44.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C   I    none
22352-67 2os Aermacchi Harley Davidson M65 1967-72 65cc

45.00 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  none
71.8187 Minarelli P4-70, P6-70 67cc

45.20 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  none
71.8187 1os Minarelli P4-70, P6-70 67cc

45.40 x 1.50 1./x 1.7/0.7  C  N  none
71.8187 2os Minarelli P4-70, P6-70 67cc  

 

 


Ring Information

 

Pinned or Not Pinned: Most moped piston rings are two-stroke style, where there are pins in the ring grooves of the piston that keep the rings from rotating around. Two stroke cylinders have holes or ports that the ring ends can snag on. So two stroke rings are pinned to the piston. Four stroke cylinders do not have any holes, so four stroke rings are not pinned. Knowing about those pins is important when installing.    

Getting the right rings: If your model is not in the applications, then you must measure the bore and the ring thickness. A calipers is the best tool to measure the bore (ring diameter) and ring thickness. Sometimes your rings might not be original, for many reasons. The piston might be aftermarket with thinner rings. The cylinder might be bored out to an oversize bore. Some mopeds came with more than one piston size or ring style.

Break a ring, how not to: Two stroke pistons have little pins (stumps, bumps) in the piston ring grooves that prevent the rings from rotating. Knowing where each ring locating pin is, and aligning the ring gap over the pin during cylinder installation, is the key to not breaking the ring. 

Measuring wear: A new piston ring is a the best tool to measure how worn a cylinder is. Conversely, a new cylinder is the best tool to measure how worn a ring is. To measure the wear of a ring, you need a perfectly round cylinder of a precisely known bore. A worn cylinder that has not been honed will still have it’s original new bore at the very top, above where the rings rub at. A new ring in a new cylinder should have a very small end gap of .004 to .008″. A worn but still OK cylinder with a new ring will have a gap of .0010 to .018″. A worn cylinder and ring both will have an end gap of over .020″(.5mm). A badly worn cylinder and/or ring will have a huge gap, over .030″(.75mm). You measure ring gap with a feeler gauge.

Classifying Jawa Rings

Classifying Piston Rings

Classifying rings: Rings get mixed up and are difficult to tell the size, unless a perfectly round cylinder of an appropriate size is available to place the ring in. If you try to squeeze a piston ring into a circle with just fingers, it inevitably becomes a very rounded polygon, or at best an ellipse. So the measurement becomes inaccurate. At right is how Myrons Mopeds’s Jawa piston rings were classified, using a piece of aluminum tubing with a tight fitting piston inside it to hold the tube round, and the test ring square. From top to bottom, 39.03 x 2.0, 39.28 x 2.0, 39.53 x 2.0, 39.78 x 2.0mm. Each ring increases in diameter by 0.25mm, so the circumference increases by Pi times that, or about 0.8mm. Here the inside of an old fishing pole tube is 39.78mm, perfect for the 3rd oversize 39.78 ring, on the bottom, with a gap of almost zero. Each gap is 0.8mm more because each ring is 0.25mm less diameter. It is important that the piston and ring fit the cylinder properly.   

Filing down: To make a ring slightly smaller, one of the two ring ends can be filed down, while preserving the shape. To reduce the size (diameter) by 0.20 mm, the end must be filed down by pi times that, 0.63 mm. When a filed down ring is installed in a cylinder smaller than it was designed for, two things change. The tension is greater, and the shape is slightly non-circular. So filed rings need a longer break-in period, to wear down the higher places. With 38 to 41 mm rings, the size can be reduced by 0.2mm with about 30 minutes of break-in, and by 0.5mm with about 2 hours of break-in. After break-in the rings have a mirror polish all around.

Why is the width not specified? Because the inner side of the ring does not touch anything. The ring has spring tension pushing it outwards, keeping the bottom (inner) surface from touching the bottom of the ring groove. So the ring width can be any amount, from about half the groove depth, to the groove depth. The exact ring width is not important. Exact ring height and diameter are important.