Pieces of steel in cylinder??

If you disassemble the piston/rod assemblies to straighten the rods or resize them,then you might as well install bushings at the top so you can take the pistons off them, without a press. And then, well then, sometimes they don't all come in at 6.123. Which can be useful to set the deck heights; now you can put them just about anywhere. But then, not all pistons are machined for pin retainers.
But I kindof think yur past that now,anyway.