[Nobbc] Machine shop

[Greg Tatarian]

  Cool. Glad Liam suggested Seven Ent., ,as I had forgotten about them.

It's often good to avoid honing main saddles and caps if possible, based 
on many comments to me by machinists, because cumulative removal of 
material can affect bearing fit. However, the benefit of honing is that 
it doesn't shift the crankshaft axis up into the block, because unlike 
line-boring, honing does not entail removal of height first, then boring 
to back to round.

What else are you doing to the motor? Head, pistons, etc.

Cheers,

Greg Tatarian


On 2/17/2011 2:38 PM, cmurphy68 at hotmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the replies.  I spoke to jerry at JNW and got a quote for the work, and also at Seven Enterprises in Auburn.  Seven had a lower quote, even accounting for shipping both ways (over 100# with block, crank for sizing, pistons and rods).  Jack at Seven said they can usually avoid having to hone the crank saddles and caps but would check them for free with the other work being done. Also included surfacing the block, which I didn't ask JNW to quote, but it could use it.  Since Seven is a Mini specialist, it seems like an easy decision.  Good to know about JNW for future local machining needs though!
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