What company currently makes best A/M Rings?

[PaladinMan187]

So I got my hands on 4 TS-420 saws. All of them need work and I wanted to start with cleaning up the piston/jug and throwing new rings at the two saws that have the least damage. What company makes the best AfterMarket piston rings right now? I don't mind paying for quality but not crazy about throwing OEM rings at these saws. Thanks in advance.

 

[cuinrearview]

Caber/Meteor

 

[alexcagle]

A new Cross brand piston comes with those Caber rings, and it would save the arduous task of cleaning out the carbon from the ring grooves. They are inexpensive, and are very good quality. HL Supply is a good source.

 

[blsnelling]

Have you priced OEM? You might be surprised. Otherwise, go with Caber, but not the F-Cast version.

 

[Big_Wood]

definitely caber for AM. some other rings are ok too but i think they are harder to get without buying a whole piston. i use HLSupply for f-cast cabers and northwood saw for the regular cabers, both same price after shipping. i would say regular cabers are OEM quality but the f-cast are harder and tougher to break in so i would only run them in new nikisil plated bores where a new f-cast would be so close to seated at install that it wouldn't take much run time the break it in.

 

[jmssaws]

I like the black coated Hyway rings,I've used a lot of Hyway pistons with the coated skirt and find them well made as a meteor but way lighter.
A 394 meteor is 115g the Hyway measures exactly the same but is 100g.
That's a giant difference that absolutely is a gain.
Don't use f-cast cabers.

 

[old guy]

How do you tell f cast from reguler?

 

[blsnelling]

How do you tell f cast from reguler?

They're very hard and stiff.

 

[Ozhoo]

How do you tell f cast from reguler?

There's an F on them... if you can make out my sorry picture.

 

[Jacob J.]

The regular Cabers have done a fine job for me. The F-Cast rings take a long time to break-in, sometimes twice as long as OEM rings.

The newer OEM Husqvarna rings (which I believe are made by Mahle) take a long time to break in as well.

 

[alexcagle]

They're very hard and stiff.

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....That's what She said........

 

[JonCraig]

What's the difference w/ the f-cast? Different steel? Different tempering? Voodoo jujutsu?

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I always buy my AM rings from the Greek on ebay, don't ask me to spell his name but it starts with an A. I think they're Cabers though..

 

[Little Al]

I always buy my AM rings from the Greek on ebay, don't ask me to spell his name but it starts with an A. I think they're Cabers though..

Dandrikorp

 

[Little Al]

I always buy my AM rings from the Greek on ebay, don't ask me to spell his name but it starts with an A. I think they're Cabers though..

Dandrikop

 

[Matto]

This is his site, he's indeed from Greece

http://www.dlastore.com/e_store/cylinders-pistons-mufflers/piston-ring-sets-2t-engines/stihl.html

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Yep, that's the one! Good outfit to deal with. I guess that starts with an "A" if you look hard enough...ADLA does, anyway..I generally buy piston rings and circlips from them.