Re: Honing Cylinders
You asked about Flex hone. There are 2 types the ones that support and drive the stones and wipers with flat springy sheet metal strips. The other one is "dingle ball " hone also known as Brush hone. The first example is basically useless and the second one is good for re-establishing the cross hatch pattern when bore is perfect but the rings are being replaced and the walls are glazed. The machine shop would use a third kind of hone known as a rigid hone. These are way more expensive and are usually machine driven. A rigid hone can remove taper but without increasing diameter. By the look of the pistons I say the walls are shot but there is no picture. Take it all to the machine shop and let them advise you.
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