On this point - when  you hone a cylinder barrel, you wear away metal,
making the bore bigger - BUT - you install new rings and the spring
tension in those rings force the rings tight(to a point) against the
cylinder bore to compensate for the material removed in honing. In the
case of the lifters, there are no rings - ie, there is nothing to take
up the slack from the loss of metal in any honing operation. So honing
for the lifters would simply make for an even more sloppy fit.

So - don't do it.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 7/7/2011 12:49 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> Jim is right but you need to understand why.
>
> Honing just like any other operation removes metal and only makes your
> lifter bores larger&  your lifters looser.
>
> If anything you need to measure your lifter bores to see if they are too
> large already.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Arnott
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:44 AM
> To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lambas
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:24 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: [VANAGON] 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
>
> Hi folks, should I hone, or scuff up my lifter bores? They have some bright
> areas. New lifters going in.  Thanks for any advice - Tom.
>
> In a word, "No."
>
> Jim
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