They just dusted them I think. The reason being, I bought a complete engine for a core.When I tore it down I found the thrust worn out on the crank and it had pushed fwd and ground away at the counterweights against the block.Crank was junk and the align hone was done because we feared the heat may have distorted the bores.
Just to be clear, I am not too lazy to do it, I just had never heard of it before I saw a thread on another forum about it. I Didn't know if it was a high performance type precaution or a necessary assembly step.This is my first time using a standard shift,other than helping my father instal his a few times. .