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Trying to figure out if the cylinder looks glazed this is the best pic I can get, I'll be rebuilding it with new rings but trying to figure out if this looks glazed.
If your throwing new rings at it, for sure run a dingleberry hone through it. Really doesn’t remove material and resets crosshatching for new rings to seat in with. Wouldn’t hurt to have a shop check it with a dial bore gauge…or yourself o you have one…for clearances, taper, etc.
Can you dingleball with the pistons in or is there a chance of shavings getting around the rings?
Dude, you've been around this stuff long enough to know better than honing an assembled engine.
1) You'd only be honing less than half the cylinder.
2) Imagine the abrasive residue buildup!
3) Did you think this through???
Dude, you've been around this stuff long enough to know better than honing an assembled engine.
1) You'd only be honing less than half the cylinder.
2) Imagine the abrasive residue buildup!
3) Did you think this through???
I figured he was kidding, but I thought I’d play along.
Dude, you've been around this stuff long enough to know better than honing an assembled engine.
1) You'd only be honing less than half the cylinder.
2) Imagine the abrasive residue buildup!
3) Did you think this through???
I've never assembled an engine. I assumed the dingleball was abrasive but not sure just how abrasive.
I've never assembled an engine. I assumed the dingleball was abrasive but not sure just how abrasive.
If it is abrasive enough to etch a cross-hatch in a cylinder, you know there will be metal and abrasive particles flying around. But besides that, how are you gonna hone a cylinder with a piston in it?? Only half or less will be done. I have never assembled an engine myself either, but if you know ANYTHING about them, common sense would dictate all I just laid out.
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Does this cylinder look glazed? 
A suggestion 