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Honing device, stones or balls?

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Jimmy

09-17-2003 17:56:47




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What is better to hone a block...they traditional 3 stone type spreading hone or the newer flex hones that have a lot of small balls with the grit on them? ALso what type of stone grit to use...fine, medium or coarse,, many come with 240 grit medium, but you can get 100 and 400 grit? Any budy have experience with this? Nutin' runs like a deere!




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JDBert

09-18-2003 13:17:44




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 Re: Honing device, stones or balls? in reply to Jimmy, 09-17-2003 17:56:47  
I like to use a straight bar hone, these will get your bore back to round unlike a floppy hone or ball hone.



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Lee

09-17-2003 21:38:28




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 Re: Honing device, stones or balls? in reply to Jimmy, 09-17-2003 17:56:47  
Dingleberry hone won't fit and they are very pricey if you do find one that does fit. Yes, stones for spring loaded hones come in many grits, but not all auto parts stores will have much of a selection. Medium would work as long as you get the cross-hatch pattern in there good. Too fine a grit tends to not seat and coarse grit is often blamed for high oil consumption. I used 180 and can't complain about the oil use, but medium would have been better I think.

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twopop

09-17-2003 18:09:42




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 Re: Honing device, stones or balls? in reply to Jimmy, 09-17-2003 17:56:47  
Imho,if you want to hone a cylinder,use the three stone type.if you just want to break the glaze,use the ball type



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Donny-B

09-17-2003 18:06:53




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 Re: Honing device, stones or balls? in reply to Jimmy, 09-17-2003 17:56:47  
Jimmy, If you are installing a new set of rings and want to de-glaze the cylinder, a 240 grit flex hone will work. If the cylinder is tapered, out of round, or has a top ridge, I would use a Sunnen hone (2 stones & 2 shoes). I have not had much luck with the cheap 3 stone spring hones. If the top ridge is more then .005 you will need to use a ridge reamer first. Hope this helps.



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