Reply To: Rod Click going over dead center

[olcah]

I had the ring click described above by Tubs. It was on a 1956 30 HP Johnson. Through the exhaust port I measured the clearance between the ring and the width of the piston ring groove. I could see the piston move and contact the ring and hear the contact. The measured clearance was very well within Johnson’s allowable limit for that engine. I would make the check as Tubs suggests, You may not have a problem.