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RE: When to bore, when to just hone

To: "'Triumph Mailing List (E-mail)'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: When to bore, when to just hone
From: Hugh Fader <hfader@usa.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:09:58 -0500
I just looked in the Haynes book. It says look for less than .006"
difference between the bore just below the ridge and the bore at the bottom
of the cylinder. Since the standard size is 2.940, I guess anything over
2.946 anywhere in the bore would mean I need to rebore. Does this sound
right?

> to confirm this? I want to talk to him about this tomorrow,
> but don't see
> any maximum wear data in my Bentley manual. It just says
> check for taper,
> ovality, and maximum wear. I'll be darned if I can find the
> data describing
> how much taper, ovality, and maximum wear is acceptable. Can
> anybody point
> me in the right direction?

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