Make Laser Tools your trusted supplier of high quality, exciting and innovative tools. Our impressive range of engine timing tools is constantly being updated - when vehicle manufacturers introduce new engines our engineering team immediately start on the design of the relevant timing tool kits - we were first to market with kits for the new Ford EcoBoost engines for example.Īs manufacturers innovate and introduce new technology in their vehicles, Laser Tools innovate and introduce new, up-to-the-minute tools to keep the technician fully capable recent additions to the special tool range include fully insulated tools for working on electric and hybrid cars. Once thoroughly tested at our Southam Tech Centre, many of the specialist tools are manufactured at our subsidiary company, Eldon Tool and Engineering in Sheffield, where the whole production process is completed at one facility, from the original CAD design work and rapid prototyping, through machining and manufacture, to final packaging and dispatch. When a problem is identified on specific vehicles our engineers devise a solution that is both cost effective as well as making the job easier for the technician - usually meaning that the work can be carried out on the vehicle in situ - rather than removing sub-assemblies and then removing and replacing the faulty component on the workshop bench. These tools are the result of feedback from the sharp end of the automotive industry - the actual technicians working on today's motor cars. We offer a full range of traditional high quality hand tools but we are also well known for our ever increasing range of special tools designed to make easy work of difficult and awkward jobs.

The Laser Tools range specialises in the automotive sector and our products are available through automotive wholesale outlets, motor factors, independent retailers, hardware stores and van sales. Shop now for next day delivery throughout Ireland.

I personally use the handle of a large dead blow hammer.Laser tools provide the Irish market with high quality specialist automotive tools. There are also some nice piston installation tools or piston “knockers” available that would be nice to have if you are building a lot of engines. For high performance engines, the multiplier changes to add more clearance, but the math stays the same: Modified or Nitrous Oxide 0.005in x 4.00in bore 0.020 inch ring gap. Choose from our selection of easy-to-adjust piston ring compressors, quick-release piston ring compressors, low-friction piston ring compressors, and more. Always give it a good coat of oil or assembly lube before installing a piston with it. For a street engine, multiplying your bore size by 0.004in will give you the top ring gap you are looking for. Whichever type of ring compressor you decide to use, make sure to keep it clean and free of scratches, burrs etc. I have all three types in my shop and have used them all with good success. I personally prefer the one piece “funnel” type as long as I have one for the bore size I am working on. I have not tried one of these yet but it looks like they should work just as good as the fixed size ones. By cutting a groove in the tool and using a large hose clamp, it allows the tool to adjust for a slight amount of different bore sizes, usually in a. Lately, some manufacturers have been offering an adjustable version of this type of ring compressor. This means having several of these tools unless you are only working on one bore size engine. This type of ring compressor is probably the easiest to use but has the disadvantage of only working on one particular bore size.

Piston ring compressor