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The Squish
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:25 am
by Duc906
Hi All
I'm at the stage of my rebuild where I'm ready to fit the barrels & heads.Is it necessary to measure the squish and if so,what should it be for a standard 906 motor.I have searched the forum & manuals but there is little information on the subject.
Re: The Squish
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:44 pm
by Tamburinifan
1,0 mm is usually recommended as optimal & safe w standard conrods.
Re: The Squish
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:25 am
by Duc906
Thanks Gert.
So far I've measured the vertical cylinder using some soft solder and it has 1.36mm clearance.
This is the first time I've dealt with this issue.Is 0.36 mm worth worrying about?

Re: The Squish
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:07 pm
by h1a
Got this link from jcslocum when i rebuildt my top end.
http://www.ducatitech.com/2v/maint/rebu ... dwork.html
Re: The Squish
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:47 pm
by Duc906
I measured the front cylinder last night and it was 1.00mm so all good there.I'm going to double check
the rear cylinder again tonight if it still measures at 1.36 then I'll look at getting another base gasket for it.
Thanks h1a for the link,lots of good info there.
Re: The Squish
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:31 am
by Tamburinifan
It wont run bad w 1,36mm squish, most Ducs have that from factory.
Just if you want to blueprint measures, around 1,0mm is close to optimum.
A good idea is to have same figures on both cyls.
Re: The Squish
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:25 am
by higgy
very clean looking pic, Nice work

Re: The Squish
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:21 am
by Duc906
I checked the rear cylinder again last night and I got the same measurement so I bought some
shim and cut myself a new gasket.It measures the same as the front cylinder now.Happy days
higgy wrote:very clean looking pic, Nice work

Thanks Higgy.
Re: The Squish
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:46 pm
by jcslocum
Duc906 wrote:I checked the rear cylinder again last night and I got the same measurement so I bought some
shim and cut myself a new gasket.It measures the same as the front cylinder now.
What material did you use??
I use the wax to measure squish and it works really well. Remember to put the gasket sealer on very thin or it will change your dimensions and could gunk up your oil passages.
Re: The Squish
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:31 am
by Duc906
jcslocum wrote:What material did you use??
I used stainless steel shim
