Was just cleaning up my casings and parts awaiting the return of my rebuit crank from stan stephens. In my wisdom I cleaned everything with Gunk degreaser and thought to myself I better clean this off so not to mix with the two stroke oil.
Anyway I had the great idea of putting parts in the dish washer to clean it off. I way very careful to make sure I didn't put anything Steel or with bearings on in. Anyway I never thought the plating on the barrels would react So I now have nice rustly bores. I have cleaned off the rust and everything seems smooth but it is still discolored
Anyway I am going to get the bores honed but do you think that will be sufficient or should I be getting them re-plated
how many miles have the bores done before that? might be allright with discolouring. if the bores have done anywhere near 10,000 miles then they will prolly need replated anyway.
same thing happend to me, except it was the previous owner who left in his shed for 6 years with the top end in parts, bores were fairly rusty but i just cleaned out with a soft cloth and a lot of two stroke oil, put back together with new rings and the compression is good
So I now have nice rustly bores. I have cleaned off the rust and everything seems smooth but it is still discolored 
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