Cylinder Hone?

[BQuicksilver]

I'm looking to replace a piston with a bad ring in my LSX car. Should I hone the cylinder before replacing the piston, and if so what hone would you recommend?

Thanks!

 

[filthy]

Anytime you replace rings, you hone the cylinder. Use a "bunch of grapes". Easier if you have never done it before.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

do you mean a flexi-hone?

 

[BQuicksilver]

Anytime you replace rings, you hone the cylinder. Use a "bunch of grapes". Easier if you have never done it before.

I'm not sure what you're talking about either.

 

[Elroy]

A "bunch of grapes" :

http://www.brushresearch.com/product-line.php?line=1

 

[filthy]

A "bunch of grapes" :

http://www.brushresearch.com/product-line.php?line=1

Hey, you did not write in the third person????

 

[filthy]

Bunch of grapes or ball hone

http://imageserver.isnweb.com/BRMGBD6.jpg

 

[Elroy]

May Elroy please offer this "bunch of Grapes" :

http://www.brushresearch.com/product-line.php?line=1

Better?

 

[filthy]

Why you always write in the third person?

 

[Elroy]

Why do you care? Elroy has used this method for years and he must say that he has received more feed back, questions, bitchin, inquires here than any of the half dozen other boards he visits. Just enjoy it. It can't be THAT BAD.

 

[nissan_crawler]

first you need to mic the cylinder and see if it needs to be bored.

 

[krusty the clown]

check the manufacturers service manual first. some mfr's do NOT reccomend honing. ford hotline told me that there is not a hone available that will provide a fine enough finnish to allow the rings to seat properly. it was thier opinion the finnish on the cyl wall will wear the coating off of the face of the rings if it was hones with even the finest grit hone available.

 

[Deafautotech]

Why do you care? Elroy has used this method for years and he must say that he has received more feed back, questions, bitchin, inquires here than any of the half dozen other boards he visits. Just enjoy it. It can't be THAT BAD.

i have no problems with third person....

 

[Uncle Buck]

Why you always write in the third person?

Just roll with it man, he's Elroy for Christ sakes! Besides he is knowledable and entertaining. I am one regular that enjoys the third person thing so it's cool!

 

[mulepackin]

Hey, you did not write in the third person????

I don't think he didn't write in the third person either. It was kind of personless

Anyway, a flexihone is alot more forgiving than a stone style hone. Fortunately, I've only busted stones when I've had a problem.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Those flex babys are sweet, but not cheap! Good stuff though.

 

[nissan_crawler]

I'm still wondering if the bore has been measured yet to see how ovaled out it is. Just chucking a hone down the block and slapping a piston in without measuring is a hack job, IMO. A new piston/rings may not even be an option.

 

[D2002]

It sounds like you do want a quick and dirty job. Are you wanting to do this with the motor in the car? Surely it has been done before this way but it may not last all that long and is asking for trouble creating abrasive dust if you don't keep it from getting into the oil (cover up and clean clean clean afterward).

If you are going to pull the block, you might as well go the exta distance and do a proper bottom end freshening.


A ball hone is the only way to go if you do not straighten the bores. It will follow the iregular contours of a used bore unlike flate stone hones that ride over imprefections.

 

[kartracer55]

I have an adjustable hone from performance tool that I have always used with small engines. The problem with a ball hone, for me at least, was that at 40-50$+ each, I cant afford to buy 4-5 different size ranges and only use them once a year tops. Now, I guess saving money on a car engine may justify it, but certainly not for a small engine.

Jim