Those pics of the pistons don't look serious. Those notches may just be indicating the front of the piston for installing. That's a pretty common method that the manufacturers use. See pic.
So you should come down off that ledge as well.
[on edit]Looks like Kevinski squeaked in just before me with a pic.
Last edited by klhansen; 10/16/20261:03 AM.
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