Question on Honing Cylinder Walls

[oldbill]

Rebuilding my 4.0L engine. I currently own an adjustable cylinder hone deglaser with the three arms and stones. Can I use this to hone my cylinder walls, or do I need to buy a flex hone with the little balls on it for the job. If I don't need to buy the hone I'd prefer not to as I'm looking at having to purchase a dial bore gauge for checking the cylinders as the manual specifies this tool.
Thanks,
Bill

 

[WB9YZU]

That's what I use ( 3 arm stone hone ).


-Ron

 

[Oatmeal]

I take it you're just planning a re-ring..... 3 stone hone is fine to break glaze (ball hone is much easier to work with though).
If after you mic your cylinders and determine that they'd need a rebore, then which hone to use is a moot subject as, the machine shop would do the final hone.
Hans

 

[old_man]

If you are just going to re-ing, get a reamer to cut down the top ring land before honing. If you don't, you can end up breaking the rings on the new piston.

You can go old school and use a telescoping gauge set along with a caliper to measure the bore and taper and probably save you some money.

http://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece-telescoping-gauge-set-5649.html

 

[Oatmeal]

If you are just going to re-ing, get a reamer to cut down the top ring land before honing. If you don't, you can end up breaking the rings on the new piston.

You can go old school and use a telescoping gauge set along with a caliper to measure the bore and taper and probably save you some money.

http://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece-telescoping-gauge-set-5649.html

Or this set from Summit Racing is really nice and a lot easier to use: http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-900041
Costs a little more but, still a pretty good deal.
Remember with the telescoping gauge set you still need a set of caliper mics to go with them.
Hans

 

[winterbeater]

Or this set from Summit Racing is really nice and a lot easier to use: http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-900041
Costs a little more but, still a pretty good deal.
Remember with the telescoping gauge set you still need a set of caliper mics to go with them.
Hans

With the bore gage, you still need a master like micrometer, gage blocks, or maybe caliper.

Where I work, we rebuild high performance crate motors. Honing stones first, then plateau hone with balls.