got my sleeve pinchers today...one that will work on the sh.28 and the xtm 6 port mod....the other to pinch the Go .21....will do some fiddlin and see what comes up...hopefully I can figure it out without messing up all the sleeves I got..lol

they work bro, just be careful not to over pinch, i used a pincher on a .28 i had, i had to use a heat gun to get it to turn over for the first time but once it was running, it was insane, you will have to break the engine in again but its better than out of the box because of the intense pinch you can give it but like i said, take your time and check after you do the 4 points, you can always go tighter.

ok, what is a sleeve pincher?

shoota...when your engine loses its "pinch" you lose compression...you have to have compression for your engine to run...a sleeve pincher puts that "pinch" back into the sleeve

shoota, its just what is sounds like, it pinches the sleeve so it grabs the piston better for more compression.

I just ran in 2 motors I got repinched today. A SH .28 with my home porting job and a axial .28RR Both have crazy pinch now and run great!

understand completely, i just thought that once you lost compresion because the pinch was gone, it was no way to repair that, except by rebulding the motor? where do you buy these sleeve pinchers and how much do they cost? thanks

or by installing a new sleeve

think mine ran around $25 each to my door ..they came on a slow boat from china...lol...ebay

That is the only place I know to get them too. I tried pinching a motor and did it too tight so I gave up. I have a local guy that has done it for years and only charges 10 bucks a cylinder.

Hey, post a pic of the pincher. Im sure some of the guys have never seen one.

here is were I bought mine.... http://cgi.ebay.com/Piston-Sleeve-Pi...2em118Q2el1247

ditto, i got 2 of them from him, fast shipping too but just be careful when you pinch that you dont over pinch

Great investment. There great to have. I have to thank Ed for hooking me up with one, best tool I ever had.