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Originally Posted by Jack Shaft
a set of pistons is 95 bucks.. look at it this way, why go through all the labor of pulling the head and oil pan, buy a gasket set, and adjust all your rod bearings to 'patch' the engine? If the main and rod bearings are good pull the pistons, hone the bores, lap the valves and adjust the bearings..and have a good old fashioned overhauled engine you can rely on..
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Problem is, if he is, in fact experiencing piston slap, doing as you suggest will do nothing to solve the problem he is experiencing. Piston slap is from too much clearance in the bore. Unless by "Honing" you mean to hone it out to the next size rather than honing to restore the cross hatch, Honing and putting new pistons of the same size will do nothing to solve the problem because the problem is not with the pistons Per se, but with the cylinders. The cylinders will have to be bored to the next piston size. When I was faced with a similar issue, I did a lot of research into knurling. I read a lot of negative opinions on it pretty much exclusively from people that don't fully understand it. After finding several sources from people that no only fully understand it but have done it, I arrived at the conclusion that, not only is it acceptable in the right situation, it has some benefits and I would not hesitate to do it if i found myself in a situation that warranted it. In my particular case, I had wicked cylinder taper (.009") and therefore chose to go to the next size piston and hone out the taper and bring the cylinders to the next size. That was a big job. If the cylinders were relatively straight, I would MUCH rather knurl the pistons.