Ideally, the cylinders should be bored to remove the shoulder, then
should be honed to give it a new cross-hatch. Before all that is done,
the cylinder should be miked to see if they are going to be in spec
after all that work.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Scott W. wrote:

> I am in the process of rebuilding a 1.9L, and am just
>about ready to clean up the pistons and hone the
>cylinders. So my question would be-is there anything
>specific I am going for here, or is a person just
>doing this to give the rings fresh wall to scrape? I
>can see the old hone at the top and bottom  of the
>barrels where the rings never passed over, so am I
>just trying to ruff up the cylinder walls or what?
>Thanks
>Scott W.
>
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