im lookin to get new rings/possibly new pistons but i hafta resurface my walls if i were to do that, which is like 700 bucks to have a shop do it.... but my friend was telling me about this like 20 dollar tool taht you can use on your own, with 3 prongs, attach it to a drill, and you can hone it yourself... has anyone had any experience with this? pros? cons? where's a site that has it? i dont have the money to have a shop do it, which is why i'm interested in this tool. thanks
Mad Scientist
you can do it yourself, but if you have never honed before i dont know if you would want to use your car as a guinea pig...
Shops dont charge 700 for honing...more like 60
Shops dont charge 700 for honing...more like 60
60 bucks for a honing job? that's it?
.. how much to bore it? it's .25 over, how much would it be for .5 over?
.. how much to bore it? it's .25 over, how much would it be for .5 over?
Senior Member
You can pick up that tool at any NAPA auto parts store, but seriously, find some old blocks and practice. And most shops won't charge more than $100 to hone the cylinders.
Junior Member
it shouldn't be that expensive to hone. my machine shop here whould probably charge 10 bux a hole to hone. honing is easy to do, if you've already got your pistons out which i'm sure you already did so that you see if you need honing than honing the cylinders yourself would be easy.
sears or any other auto parts store would probably sell a honing tool. like your friend said, it does have 3 sanding stones attched to it, attachs to a drill, and is -adjustable to fit 2-7ins. of diameter. the tool is like 25 bux, all you have to do is hook it up to a drill, set the drill to a low setting , adjust the honing tool to your bore size by squeezing the 3 stones into the cylinder and then using the adjuster, turn the adjuster until theres tension of the 3 stones pushing against the cylinder wall. use automatic transmission fluid (atf) as a lubricant, pour some atf onto the 3 stones and some onto the cylinder walls. squeeze the drill and go up and own with the honing tool, do this a few times in an upward and downward motion creating crosshairs into the cylinder walls. just do this a few seconds at a time and you'll be alright.
note: the honing tool will only remove minor scratches.
personally i would rather just by the tool and do it myselfself, if not then you've got to pull the whole motor out of the car to its bare block form for the machine shop to hone it. just go buy the tool since i took my time to write this.
sears or any other auto parts store would probably sell a honing tool. like your friend said, it does have 3 sanding stones attched to it, attachs to a drill, and is -adjustable to fit 2-7ins. of diameter. the tool is like 25 bux, all you have to do is hook it up to a drill, set the drill to a low setting , adjust the honing tool to your bore size by squeezing the 3 stones into the cylinder and then using the adjuster, turn the adjuster until theres tension of the 3 stones pushing against the cylinder wall. use automatic transmission fluid (atf) as a lubricant, pour some atf onto the 3 stones and some onto the cylinder walls. squeeze the drill and go up and own with the honing tool, do this a few times in an upward and downward motion creating crosshairs into the cylinder walls. just do this a few seconds at a time and you'll be alright.
note: the honing tool will only remove minor scratches.
personally i would rather just by the tool and do it myselfself, if not then you've got to pull the whole motor out of the car to its bare block form for the machine shop to hone it. just go buy the tool since i took my time to write this.