Engine Cylinder Honing – An Inside View of the Flex-Hone® In Action

Chris Duke, the host of Motorz TV, captured some great footage of our Flex-Hone® tool while filming “How to Complete the Rebuild of a Chevy V8 Small Block Engine”. Shot last summer, this informative episode of the popular DIY automotive television show is designed for car hobbyists who don’t have a garage full of expensive tools, let alone a lift. As Duke demonstrates, the Flex-Hone® tool from Brush Research Manufacturing (BRM) mounts in a handheld electric drill and is ideal for engine restoration projects that take place in your workshop or home garage.

Focus on Flexible Honing
In “Engine Cylinder Honing – An Inside View of the Flex-Hone® In Action”, viewers can watch just the parts of the Motorz TV video that focus on flexible honing.  Captured with a GoPro® camera, this four-minute segment explains how the Flex-Hone® tool is used to create the proper cross-hatch finish on engine block cylinders.  BRM’s cylinder honing tool provides an unmatched controlled surface finish to solve even the most difficult deburring problems. Self-centering and self-aligning to the bore, our engine hone uses a low-temperature abrading process to produce a controlled surface condition that’s free of cut, torn, and folded metal.

Cylinder Deglazing, Deburring, and Surface Finishing
Available in a variety of grits and abrasive types, the Flex-Hone® tool deglazes engine cylinders and leaves their surface with 20% to 40% valleys for oil retention, allowing piston rings to seat immediately. The cross-hatched surface provides the engine cylinder with proper lubrication distribution, ensuring a long-lasting finish. Designed for any type and size of engine block cylinder, the Flex-Hone® tool can also be used with brake rotors, piston pin bores, wheel cylinders, and cam bearing bores. As Chris Duke notes, “BRM also offers a complete line of automotive brushes to handle the cleaning and finishing of all your automotive parts”. 

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“Engine Cylinder Honing – An Inside View of the Flex-Hone® In Action” is available both on BRM’s YouTube channel and on our Facebook page.  If you’re on Facebook, we hope you’ll give our page a “like” and let us know how you use BRM brush tools in your workshop or home garage.