Doing rings on a XT225. Bore is in good shape but has some carbon above the ringland.
Whats the best way to clean it up?
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I've had good luck with a witches brew of two parts white spirits to one part isopropyl alcohol, old toothbrush or similar and have at it
Not that I would ever admit to doing it, but 0000 steel wool is quite useful in delicate situations.
Some call it angel hair, in Mitre 10 they call it fine woodworkers steel wool.
Nikasil isint as fragile as you may think. That's the whole idea of it.
I've had great success using all kinds of things I'd get roundly criticised for using, after piston seizure.
You are supposed to diamond hone to perfectly round.
Scotchbrite stolen from under the kitchen sink will do in a pinch.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
When you say hone...do you mean one of those three legged things you fit in a drill?
I would imagine all they do is follow the existing shape and scuff it up a bit.
Nikasil must be pretty hard as I have 35 year old BMW cylinders, that just needed a scrub up.
I don't think you would want to put a hone near nikasil but then I am only a pen pushing office worker.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
Jesus no! No a proper hone for nikasil is the stuff of engine reconditioners not home kit.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Drain cleaner is sodium hydroxide and attacks ally while leaving an iron bore alone. Used on nikasil it should do the same thing but the coating is a bit porous. If it got through it could attack the ally behind. If so the plating may fall off at a later date. . . Maybe.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Half round bastard file with some heavy Emery tape.
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