HONING TITANIUM RODS
I recently used major aftermarket high strength bolts in some LS9 GM connecting rods and had to bring the rod bores back into spec. The titanium tears up stones and shoes in the rod hone. I used fine emory-cloth pieces with the abrasive side against the shoes to keep it in place. I put the cloth side against the stone to keep it in place. The rod glides over the cloth backing and the fine Emory laps the rod bore without tearing. Some I spoke with doubted it would work, but it did a great job for me.

Randy Torvinen
Torvinen’s Machine
Menahga, MN
June, 2017