Check it out, what else do I have to do besides ring it up and drop it in. If you look at the link at the bottom of the page, for the oversize it says to bore and hone. I understand that but on the one I want it says to deglaze????[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] I didn't know I dropped my donut on it.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] How bout some info dudes.
J E pistons

 

Hone and Deglaze mean the same thing, I think sears sells a cylinder hone for $19.. you need a low speed drill and some wd40 also.

 

do I have to open it up any more than stock bore???

 

Take it in to have them deglaze it. They do it a special way to put cross marks in it to help seat your rings. They don't charge very much either. Stock bore
Pat

 

I took mine to a local machine shop and had them hone the cylinder and piston for me. Good luck!!

 

You could take it in but the price will probably be about the same as the price for the tool to do it yourself, its pretty easy to do and you wont have to wait on someone else. But do whatever you feel comfortable with.

If you decide to do it yourself, take the hone and put it in the chuck of the dril, squirt the cylinder liberally with wd-40 or equivalent. Insert the hone down in the cylinder and start from the middle, at slow rpm's (100-500 rpm) move the hone up and down from top to bottom to create the "cross-hatch" marks in the cylinder wall. Its best to have someone spray some wd40 into the cylinder the entire time. After a few passes, stop and inspect to make sure you are creating "cross-hatch" marks at about 45deg angle to each other. I wouldnt do more than like 10 seconds total.

 

I wouldn't trust myself to do that, JMO. If you have confidence in yourself you could give it a try, but thats the stuff I leave up to the pros.

 

what if you dont trust your local dealer. Example, the parts guy wasn't sure if he had parts for Raptor and the mechanics looked fresh out of high school. Should I bring it to a hotrod shop instead.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

 

yep, or a machine shop that somebody would recomend.

 

OH PLEASE, hey man go buy the hone from sears and a can of wd40 your gonna hone it not bore it. the idea is to create new cross thatching not to take out a bunch of metal just be sure to measure your rings before you put it all back together. If you decide not to hone your cylinder don't plan on the rings to ever seat themselves because the wall are "glazed"

use a torpedo level to make sure your drill is plumb so you won't take more out of one side than the other (or a drill press works well)

good luck man
by the way you'll love the difference