Reply To: Ball hone or straight stone hone

[rudderless]

Many years ago my friend brought his Suzuki 250 for me to “bore” the cylinder .010 over for his new piston. I explained to him I did not have tools to do that. I just had a hone with new stones. Well an hour later I had that cylinder at .010 with a .005 clearance….well..pretty close anyway. Ran for 2 years before it was sold. He did buy me new stones.

I use an old surface plate with abrasive paper to true the stones before use and use it to “spot” the cylinder. I have a large brake hone I use as a bottom hone…has short stones.

For many years I have used copper fitting brushes in a slow drill to give a final surface finish…something like plateau honing.