Yes Hoser, you are correct on both accounts, Sledpartsguy on Ebay was 40 dollars cheaper and his "piston kit" includes the needle bearing for which I charged $11.57 by Triple EEE(PART # 12-1410) separately.There will be no refund as Ed has stated directly to me via the telephone that the piston is fine.I am amazed at this whole transaction.I did not start to shop for another piston until after I spoke to Sara and Ed.

The needle bearing is NOT part of the piston kit, the wrist pin is, I thought you said wrist pin heh, so being charged for the bearing is normal, Service Honda gets 9.51 for the bearing.

Great find Hoser thanks again for the work!!
I'll add the oil before installing it-usually do that anyway-you want to keep the motor (( Internal Combustion Engine ? )) till I send over new reeds and intake or just ship it back as is ?, doesnt matter to me either way-what did you come out with on the squish after installing the gasket?

If you want I can keep it until the intake and reeds get here I can install if your in no hurry getting the Engine back..

You just changing reed petals or you going with a after market cage?

No replies from the email I sent to wiseco I will have to call them again, I sent you a carbon copy of the email did you get it?

Here is the video, I used two different color markers to mark the pistons and a different mark on each side, I inserted the pin into each side of the bore with the piston held horizontally then turned it vertical and let gravity do its work, you can see in the video this worked on 3 of the 4 bores the last one I can not even shake it out because its so tight in the bore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjomhZqTBp0

Ed at Triple E says this is ok I know its not, if the piston pin bore is not correct or lined up it will make the piston pin walk to one side while the Engine is running, this will put abnormal pressure and wear on the C clip that retains the wrist pin, if run long enough it will push the C clip out and the pin will snag on your cylinder, this usually does not happen soon as you start your Engine, I have seen it happen in engines that have 20-30 hrs use on them, then when it does happen and damages your Engine who pays the bill, you think when you call Ed he is going to accept the blame after all that run time LMAO, if I install I will get the blame, I KNOW BETTER! This problem was well documented in the 70's and 80's .

Now I know that Ed at Triple E would have no problem installing this piston into someones Engine, proof if this was hims shipping it back to me, I had a hunch he would this, this is why I called wiseco and requested sending it back to them, look at Ludedude he hammered a Engine together thought it was ok too, look at the results http://pilotodyssey.com/PO/viewtopic.php?t=3402

Why invite problems?

Their must have been some communication gap I guess Ed failed to understand I didnt spend an HOUR boxing up the piston and taking it to the post office paying ELEVEN DOLLARS shipping and for insurance, WAIT A WEEK just for him to give the piston some sort of blessing and SHIP IT BACK, I shipped it back to be REPLACED with a good piston, t I have LOST ALL respect I had for Ed and Triple E, it is doubtful I will be directing people to him in the future! All he had to do was send another piston as discussed on the phone.

The piston with the BLUE marker on it came from Sledpartsguy off ebay, it included the wrist pin (Triple E charges extra for the INCLUDED pin for some reason) and according to Mudbogger Sledpartsguy cost 40 DOLLARS LESS than Triple E.

FYI the price of the piston was not a issue BEFORE this problem with the piston, WE started price shopping for a piston after Triple E FAILED to send us a replacement for the defective piston.

Hoser here's another way of venting, which I had on my ex 350 Ody racer.
Very quick,easy and cheap,with vent tube end filtered and top end drilled n glued into Dipstick top....Baz