ball hone

randy wilson · 06-20-2012, 11:05 AM

Can you use the same rings when you do a quick ball hone before reasembly? Only three pulls on motor. What grit ball hone?

Alan Roehrich · 06-20-2012, 11:37 AM

Randy, yes, you can do that, if the rings do not have a problem.

The best ball hone you'll find available quickly would be a 320 grit, you shouldn't need but a few passes, unless the cylinders are really screwed up. Brush Research makes the best ball hones, that's all I ever use, with their hone oil. I use a special version that is 1000 grit levigated aluminum to finish cylinders. I do have a 320 grit I use first on a "freshen up".

randy wilson · 06-20-2012, 12:07 PM

Thanks Allen. They shoudn't be in bad shape, I did the 14 gegree motor for a tractor puller, and at high rpm it blew the O ring on the filter, and I'm changing bearings, and thought I'd hit it quick. I've heard it doesn't hurt, and usually helps, so I thought I'd try it. It has .043 and 1.5 napier, and 3 mm. Is 320 OK?

randy wilson · 06-20-2012, 12:23 PM

Do you torque plate before you hone with a ball?

Alan Roehrich · 06-20-2012, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by randy wilson

Do you torque plate before you hone with a ball?

Ball hones are really for "surface conditioning", a 320 grit or finer ball hone really won't remove metal, unless you just hone on the block all day. You shouldn't need a torque plate, I do not use one when I ball hone.

randy wilson · 06-20-2012, 01:20 PM

Thank you Allen. You have been most helpful.

06-20-2012, 11:05 AM	#1
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	ball hone Can you use the same rings when you do a quick ball hone before reasembly? Only three pulls on motor. What grit ball hone? __________________ don,t have one

06-20-2012, 11:37 AM	#2
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,105 Likes: 1,564 Liked 1,789 Times in 408 Posts	Re: ball hone Randy, yes, you can do that, if the rings do not have a problem. The best ball hone you'll find available quickly would be a 320 grit, you shouldn't need but a few passes, unless the cylinders are really screwed up. Brush Research makes the best ball hones, that's all I ever use, with their hone oil. I use a special version that is 1000 grit levigated aluminum to finish cylinders. I do have a 320 grit I use first on a "freshen up". __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S

06-20-2012, 12:07 PM	#3
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: ball hone Thanks Allen. They shoudn't be in bad shape, I did the 14 gegree motor for a tractor puller, and at high rpm it blew the O ring on the filter, and I'm changing bearings, and thought I'd hit it quick. I've heard it doesn't hurt, and usually helps, so I thought I'd try it. It has .043 and 1.5 napier, and 3 mm. Is 320 OK? __________________ don,t have one

06-20-2012, 12:23 PM	#4
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: ball hone Do you torque plate before you hone with a ball? __________________ don,t have one

06-20-2012, 01:20 PM	#6
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: ball hone Thank you Allen. You have been most helpful. __________________ don,t have one