Lisle 10000 Brake Cylinder Hone

While this is designed for honing brake cylinders, I used it for final finishing of the head tube of a steel bicycle frame. This is to install the headset and fork. Overkill for what I needed, which was to remove leftover bits of paint (and some metal bits, most likely), but it beats paying the ridiculous sum that Park Tool charges for their admittedly nice, but overkill, bicycle specific tool.The tool feels solid for what it is. It does not include instructions if I recall correctly, but the concept is rather easy to figure for those with some mechanical aptitude, especially if you are tinkering with your brake cylinders. There is a threaded portion that adjusts the width of the bones and it fits into a drill.Chucked it into my cordless drill (Bosch, which rules in my opinion), and made quick work of the head tube debris. I’m talking maybe a few minutes at most in total, quickly checking in between each 10-15 second spin up and down the head tube. Not polished in feel, but smooth enough (don’t want to thin the tube). A tip is to be careful around entering and exiting the head tube, bearing careful to not chip the paint. Considering the top and bottom edges of the head tube will most likely be covered up by the headset, minor chipping is probably not an issue, but I like a scratch free frame. At least until the shiny wears off the new toy.Also, for a new steel frame, be sure to apply frame protectant to the interior after honing. I went with Fluid-Film, which is lanolin based, adding a not so nice wool smell to your frame (it dissipates very slowly). Better than rust.For my rather limited use, it is highly recommended. I’m sure it would work fine for brake cylinders, given it is Lisle brand. I have few Lisle auto specific tools and have no complaints.

Great product, great seller.

This hone worked well on the master cylinders I have hones. Stones wear quickly and I expect 5 to 6 hone jobs before stone replacement.

Purchasers need to know that the stones wear very quickly and they should only plan on one cylinder pr set. If you are doing all four buy extras.

My son needed this for his Triumph Spitfire and the cylinder hone was a size I did not have. So I made him a deal, I'd buy the tool, he could use it, and I would add it to our inventory of tools. A man can never have too many tools!

I read the reviews of others regarding broken stones but decided to take a chance.2/3 of the stones arrived broken.If you buy, I recommend getting a set of replacement stones at the same time.

They worked to hone out the master cylinder on my 54 pontiac. My only complaint is when I opened the package one of the honing bricks fell off so I only had two

would buy tools from this co.

I've used lyle tools for years and this is a good quality hone.Arrived a day early too.