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To hone or not to hone?

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Morris

Morris

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My cylinder bore is right at stanard size for my 1500. If I hone, could it push my cylinders past standard tolerances thus requiring an engine bore? How much does a hone typically take off?
 
Ask your machine shop. sometimes that can be done and honeing a must for new rings to seat. Kind of depends how much your cylinders are worn.
 
Check bore size down in the bore, bout half way down or more. This is where you will find an egg shaped bore. check perpendicular(did I spell that right?) to crank.
 
I didn't think you can really get an egg shaped bore with an inline motor. To the best of my knowledge, egg shaped bores are a "V" motor issue.
 
Nope. they will and in some cases they will wear at the bottom of the bore lateral to the crank too(caused by I believe crank flex)! the piston doesn't care about a V or not it only sees loading from the rod against the bore side away from the rotation.
 
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