Light honing when replacing piston?

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dubtruker
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Light honing when replacing piston?

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Hello,
I am wondering will a light honing to renew the crosshatching so the rings bed in better ruin the Nikasil lining? I have only ever worked on engines with iron cylinders. What is the procedure you guys normally follow when intalling a new piston and rings.
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I always tell people to just scrub the bore with a Scotch-Brite in warm soapy water. It is not recommended to hone plated cylinders, but if you do it, you need to use a very precision mandrel hone.

Spring loaded shoe types of hones can chip and damage the plating around the port areas....

Ron
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Which scotchbrite pads do you recomend? Green brown grey?
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The green ones work well, and you can get them at the grocery store :)

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