Cylinder Honing Technique

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Mar 3, 2010 | 07:46 PM

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Cylinder Honing Technique

I just recieved my 400 grit ball hone in the mail today. How should I go about honing my walls? Wd 40, engine lube, water? My cylinder walls look pretty good as they are, how long should I be in there for each cylinder? I'm reusing my stock pistons by the way. Thanks in advance guys

Mar 3, 2010 | 09:36 PM

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just use a good 30wt oil. make sure you keep it well lubed. if you use an entire qt on each cylinder dont worry about it.

Mar 3, 2010 | 11:33 PM

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Thanks man. Again, my walls already look pretty clean. How long would you recommend I stay in there?

Mar 4, 2010 | 02:19 AM

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I would check with a local machine shop and see what they say.

Mar 4, 2010 | 03:11 AM

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make sure to get a good motion down and i would just use some heavy cheap oil. what are you using to spin it?

Mar 4, 2010 | 06:55 AM

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make sure to get a good motion down and i would just use some heavy cheap oil. what are you using to spin it?

a good smooth down and up motion is good, and only take it down and up twice maybe 3 times depending on how bad your cylinder is. just make sure you spin it the same RPM's, nothing insane tho.

Mar 4, 2010 | 09:06 AM

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I like to use regular ATF for the cutting fluid. A bit thinner than engine oil. You're just trying to deglaze the surface so I'd say no more than 5 passes up/down. Start with a few strokes and then clean it up and look it over.