

| Subject: | Re: Align-boring? |
| From: | Rico Sapolich |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:33:31 EDT |
I certainly appreciate the need to align-bore an engine case when making an
acceptable job of a rebuild, I'm just not sure of the proper technique.
Perhaps someone could enlighten me. Some questions that come to mind :
1/ The centerline(C/L) of the crank must be perpendicular to the C/L of
the cylinders. The only align-boring I've seen, on a VW case, was done with
a boring bar powered by a handheld drill motor. Machinists call this a
portable boring rig. Would the proper method be to use a boring mill while
registering the case to known surface?
2/ I've heard as much as an 0.080" oversize used for the alignment cut.
Are bearing shells sized for this application readily available or is the
oversize accommodated in some other manner?
3/ The same questions apply to the camshaft case journals.
4/ Most importantly, who does good case prep work?
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