-> Technically those were supposed to be honed using a special
-> tool with three honing stones attached and only a certain
-> number of 'passes' in/out of the cylinder to clean up the bore
-> or the cylinder was to be considered 'junk' and not used again. 

I had one of those wheel Cylinder Hones I gotroorm J C Whitney. They had
pretty fine stones so were fro clean up only. After honing you should
examing them carefully for any pitting. That was Difficult in place!!
:-)  :-)



-> With my bad knee and two bad shoulders I'm not sure I can do
-> another complete brake job anymore. If this line has burst the
-> others need replacing too and it's not unusual for them to snap
-> off at the cylinder/caliper requiring that everything be
-> disassembled and at that point may as well do a complete brake
-> job. I've had to do this on my last two cars now this one. Did
-> the other two myself but it's been some years and I'm not
-> having an easy time of it squatting and working on rusted bolts
-> if you know what I mean. 

 I KNOW exacticaly what you mean. After doing most of my own work for
over 45 Years I finaly cannot do it any more. I almsot Cry everytine I
have to take a vehicle into a shop. But Reality has set in and I have no
other choice. I guess I should be gratefull for the countless Thousands
of dollars I had saved in the past by doing my own Auto Repairs.
I have changes my selection specifications for buying a car though. The
last New car I bought was a 1960 Ford Falcon. For many years when I was
doing my own maintenance I bought 10 to 15 Year old cars. Later I
shifted to buying off the Consumer Reports "Worst Used Car Buy" list.
Got many bargans and Cheap Transportation vehicles.
I am buying Newer and lower miledge cars now and use the Best Buy list.
The newest of my fleet of threee cars is a 1999 Subaru and the oldest is
a 1993.

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