fontyyy wrote:
New rings are worth having, the piston kind of is if it's old, reusing base and head gaskets is sketchy, the bearing...maybe...the clip, may as well, they're pence...the pin, what the? No one ever has seen a piston pin fail I'm sure.

Just because you have got away with it, I don't think it should be advocated.

I can show you small-end bearings and pins that have failed. I will ALWAYS advocate replacing all the components when doing a top-end rebuild after a failure. I too have re-used parts as a "quick fix" with success, but they have been replaced with new at the earliest possible opportunity.

I don't think it's good to say "it will be alright because I've got away with it", and I certainly don't agree with this policy.
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