Re: cb915
Nah, that's normal when you go big
Knock off the rough edges, hone about 0.003" smaller than outside of 'new' liners, heat block, slide liners in
They may need pressing about 0.010" when everything cools down, don't machine top until your 110% sure liners are all the way down
Honda support base of block all the way round so you (probably) won't get any oil leaks from capillary action wicking oil between block and liner (I put a bead of sealer around base of liner. XS 650 doesn't support base of cylinder so it's real difficult to get 100% seal)
Main reason they 'leak' is fit between block and liner is too loose, Honda used around
0.001"~ 0.003" interference, at 0.001" the liners can spin when honing if you leave too much in (and block heats up)
I aim for 0.0027" ~ 0.003" smaller than liner OD, LA Sleeve recommended 0.004 interference but it was too tight so liner cracked when I bored/honed to size (although I did go 2mm bigger than originally planned on my XS'650' - 840cc :
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