Re: To hone or not to hone

[chris-p]

yeah, I agree, adding to the low spot using a ball hone just makes that imperfection worse. Rings are rigid, and will not contour to the low spots right. I would only recommend using a ball hone on a known good cylinder, that is true, and not out of round. The rigid hone will show this problem area. If its that bad, it may need a bore anyways. Ball hones will just "make" it look good, which in fact it wont be.

Just my uneducated 2 centos.