Ball hone sizing...

[SqDancerLynn1]

If you have a ridge in the cylinder ? forget about honing it .. Time for a rebore.

[don_gibb6512]

I'll be real interested in how this went for you as there's a good chance that I'm going to be doing the exact same thing to my 80 1100ET in the Spring so I'll be following this thread closely. Good luck!

Don

[bwringer]

Given your low mileage, chances are the original crosshatching will still be visible. A light hone with the flex-hone to ensure the new rings seat, and you'll be fine.

[Nessism]

General info on cylinder honing:

http://www.enginehones.com/technical.html

After reviewing this, I think the appropiate hone abrasive is aluminum oxide, #240 grit for general deglazing...

Bringing this thread back because it has lots of good info…

I stumbled upon some Flex-Hones in the local supply shop and scratched my head over what grit to purchase before finally guessing at 240. Based on Mike’s link to enginehones.com it seems like I guessed well. This particular hone is silicon-carbide, which I assume will be okay since it’s the same as sold by enginehones.

Now I just need to find a cylinder…

[tejasmud]

There was another thread the other day with some talk of honing, sort of looked for this thread, but didn't find it to post.

I purchased a 67mm #240 grit silicon-carbide flex-hone from enginehones.com for the 700E because of this thread. Happy with the purchase, average 3-5 day shipping time.

That technical link is real good information, although I didn't really see a "dingoball-hone" listed.

[chef1366]

I use a 240 grit ball hone. It worked great for me.