Oversizing piston advise

[Stuartmorrison]

Good evening, quick question to any of the engine guys, I have a Johnson 40 needing an oversized piston as one of 2 is damaged. is it normal practice to oversize both pistons whilst in there or keep the undamaged to standard size having oversizing as a backup incase it fails.

Thanks

[Alacrity]

I can't speak for OMC motors but I know Mercury say just rebore the damaged bore only.

[floater]

Whenever I've had car or bike engines rebored it has always been all cylinders. I imagine in a high performance motor (none of mine) the difference in mass between an oversized piston and a stock one could create an imbalance. Racers often balance con rods, pistons etc.
I own a couple of Jonnyrude 40s and mean no disrespect when I say you will probably be ok reboring just the one damaged cylinder.

[Fastjeff]

It's my understanding that over sized pistons weigh the same as stock sizes.

Jeff