nothingbutdarts
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I tried to find this video by search function and by going back 28 pages looking for the honing thread.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
Only if you have a fixture capable of holding the three finger hone completely perpendicular to the crankshaft center line. A hand held drill with a three finger hone won't get the job done.Three finger hones help to straighten up the cylinder.
Ball hones are good for breaking the glaze on good condition cylinder walls. Got to break the glaze so that the new rings will seat.
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I have to disagree Rusty, I've used a handheld 3 stone on dozens of refreshes over the decades, with great success .Only if you have a fixture capable of holding the three finger hone completely perpendicular to the crankshaft center line. A hand held drill with a three finger hone won't get the job done.
You're certainly free to do so!I have to disagree Rusty, I've used a handheld 3 stone on dozens of refreshes over the decades, with great success .
And custom made Scotchbrite "shoes" to fit over the stones, for final finish on moly rings .
Cheers .
I looked at the one you posted and that was not it. Thanks though!
My god please tell me THIS wasn't the video you wanted to see
I made the video I posted aboveProbably the one I shared
I doAnyone remember the video?
Neither of the hones he is using will correct Taper or any type of ovalling . If the cylinder has up an down bulges or a taper it will get worse.
A fixed hone has two stones and a scraper /follower. They are also adjustable to size by turning the large wheel at the top to only take out the dialed in material to the finish bore as I pictured above. Another words you can hone as long as you want. if you don't expand the tool it stops cutting at the diameter you tightened it to.
The ball hone can be used to deglaze a fresh build for newer rings in a bind .
The three finger spring tension hone is for fixing and rebuilding hydraulic cylinders that are using a rubber lip seal. Such as jacks and wheel cylinders. and tractor cylinders. With an extension they are used for honing long equipment cylinders. They are not designed for engine rebuilding. Period.
Do people use them? Of course look what tony did above. That engine will start up and run. For how Long? And how Good? That's the mystery that time will tell. Will the rings be sealed for the total travel of the bore? Probably not but it will run long enough to get paid for the job.
I did also. Since those days I have learned from my son about making the bores perfect. The performance gain is noticeable to all the customers tuners on the Dyno , also leak down is better then minimum. Most of the high dollar engine builds that he does the machine work on go on a dyno after built. 6 left yesterday to one race shop. and they dropped 6 more off. From what I heard in the shop but not positive a set of heads from you are going on a bottom end being done by Steve.To each their own. I’ve used a dingleberry home for 40 years and my junk runs pretty good.
Thank You all! Good information here, I didn't start the thread to have members start bickering against one another, was just looking for a video posted on here. I has not shown up yet. I'll keep looking. Thanks!