Reply To: Ball hone or straight stone hone

[Don]

There are arguments for both style hones I guess. The straight/rigid hone will do a better job of pointing out worn areas of the cylinder, but you must be sure you are using a quality hone and new stones. The question is whether or not it is a good idea to keep “honing” until the cylinder appears true. Honing is actually boring, just very slowly. The ball hone is great for smoothing out port edges and contacting all surfaces that the rigid hone may not have reached…