[CR]Useful Tool, Brake Cylinder Hone

(Example: Production Builders:Tonard)

Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:36:58 -0500
From: "Daniel Artley" <dartley@co.ba.md.us>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Useful Tool, Brake Cylinder Hone

I just last night used a newly purchased Brake Cylinder Hone to clean up the inside of an old Steel seat tube and fork tube. The cylinder hone is about 9-10" long mounts to a hand drill, is adjustable starting from a minimum of 27/32" diameter to whatever, and is made up of three carborundum ? rectangles at the end of three arms pivoting out from the center, with an adjustable spring loading. Cost was less than $10 at a local auto parts store and it does a beautiful job of cleaning up the rust and old grease and burrs inside a seat or fork tube, allowing a clean insertion without the zig zag marking that so many posts and stems seem to get. A few seconds with the hand drill, a little cleanup afterwards, some fresh grease on the post or stem and Viola! Maybe some of you out there think this is old hat, but I'm totally new to this one. What a great tool!

Regards, and happy wrenching. My newly repurchased 30+ year old Woodrup's ready for its shakedown. Life is Good!

Dan Artley in Sunny Parkton, Maryland