What is cylinder resleeving, when is it necessary and how is it done?
Monday, 30 December 2013
So you’ve established that it’s time to restore your engines cylinders. Now the question is should you just bore the cylinder or resleeve it? In the previous article “Choosing what piston and size when reboring a cylinder” we explained how to choose a piston and size when reboring a cylinder. In this article we will
- Published in Cylinder Boring, Machining
Cylinder Boring: What is it, When is it Necessary & How is it Done?
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Whether you have a motorcycle, outboard engine, some sort of powersport vehicle or an ATV, boring an engine’s cylinders is an important step in the engine rebuilding process and is an economical way of repairing damaged and worn out cylinders in engine blocks. The process (if done properly) literally restores your engine block back to
- Published in Cylinder Boring, Machining
Choosing the correct bore and piston size when reboring or resleeving
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
In the previous article (What is cylinder boring and how is it done?) we explained the process of cylinder boring and the tooling and knowledge required. We mentioned that deciding what size to bore to usually depends on how much material needs to be taken out of the cylinder to machine out the damage on
- Published in Cylinder Boring
