Getting paranoid

Or one of these 0-1" http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHARS-Magne...justment-w-1-Dial-Indicator-NEW-/331114595341
which will give sufficient scale for just about anything.
The links that I posted were purely for illustration.
My Starrett is a 0-1" plunger, and the other is a 0-1/2" finger, although I only have a single mag base, I have a number of arm extensions which will give me reach.
For BB, feelers are OK as long as you take into account the wear on the rockers, which becomes a very slight indentation. The DTI removes that

blue beasty said:

What the kinel is wrong wiv feeler gauges?

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I do not know, But apparently at least one person is an advocate of using a DTI to set them..........

Feeler gauges have worked well for a long time.

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Oldseadog said:

and the other is a 0-1/2" finger

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Do you have a picture of the 0-1/2" DTI, I have never seen one with that range of measurement.

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Oldseadog said:

An example of ... https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/FINGER-CLOCK--IMPERIAL--0.003in-1799.html

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Ok, does not show that it is has a measurement range of 1/2" inch.As it only states it measures 0.003".
EDIT: In fact looking at the picture the title states 0.003", the write up has written graduations of 0.005" and the photos shows grads of 0.0005". Not sure what to believe from that seller....

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neilly said:

Ok, does not show that it is has a measurement range of 1/2" inch.As it only states it measures 0.003".

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Read it again!
It is in increments of 0.003"

Oldseadog said:

Read it again!
It is in increments of 0.003"

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Look at my edit, it is not increments of 0.003" unless you mean rotations, but it stil does not show the full measurement range.

EDIT: All I asked for was a photo of a DTI, not a DI that shows it has a 0-1/2" measurement range, if you do not have one , then do not worry about it.

Cheers

How much rust do you have to chip off the feeler guages before hammering them in?

Obviously using a mallet. I'm not a retard.

Bobsticle said:

How much rust do you have to chip off the feeler guages before hammering them in?

Obviously using a mallet. I'm not a retard.

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Oh FFS it's like KrapFit in ere.

You use yer fikest feeler (tothers are all creased anyway) to slice a bit off yer fooking rizla packet.

So could you explain how these dial gauges are used or the procedure for checking said gap as I am at a loss as to how they could be used ..
Only way I see it working would be to screw the adjusted till touching valve top then zero gauge and then to back off adjuster until .20 mm is reading ..
Would that be a fair guess or am it totally wrong ..

Hairball said:

So could you explain how these dial gauges are used or the procedure for checking said gap as I am at a loss as to how they could be used ..
Only way I see it working would be to screw the adjusted till touching valve top then zero gauge and then to back off adjuster until .20 mm is reading ..
Would that be a fair guess or am it totally wrong ..

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No.
Take the appropriate feeler fickness. Set the tappers then push the spike in and out till ye run out of bothered. Its usually raining by then and the cover is half full of water.
Ruddy great watching that needle wiz round.

Hairball said:

So could you explain how these dial gauges are used or the procedure for checking said gap as I am at a loss as to how they could be used ..
Only way I see it working would be to screw the adjusted till touching valve top then zero gauge and then to back off adjuster until .20 mm is reading ..
Would that be a fair guess or am it totally wrong ..

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I guess you could zero on the top of the adjuster with the rocker sat snug in the pushrod and then take a reading pressed on the top of the valve stem or visa versa but why would you when you can simply measure the length of time for a photon of light to travel the gap with a basic stopwatch and torch?

but would that be LED or Tungsten Torch as one travels faster that the other !!!!

Using a dti does seem to be a bit of overkill considering the less than precise tolerances that landys are made with in the first place, it just needs a little gap. You could practically set them without a feeler or dti just by wiggling the rocker arm. I had to lightly rub my 10 thou feeler with emery paper to give it a clean.

Col

Hairball said:

So could you explain how these dial gauges are used or the procedure for checking said gap as I am at a loss as to how they could be used ..
Only way I see it working would be to screw the adjusted till touching valve top then zero gauge and then to back off adjuster until .20 mm is reading ..
Would that be a fair guess or am it totally wrong ..

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basically - yes.

neilly said:

Look at my edit, it is not increments of 0.003" unless you mean rotations, but it stil does not show the full measurement range.

EDIT: All I asked for was a photo of a DTI, not a DI that shows it has a 0-1/2" measurement range, if you do not have one , then do not worry about it.

Cheers

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@Oldseadog ... time to back out . you cant teach someone that doesnt listen

The Mad Hat Man said:

@Oldseadog ... time to back out . you cant teach someone that doesnt listen

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Agreed Daft, agreed!

Oldseadog said:

Agreed Daft, agreed!

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All I was asking was , was for a photo of a Dial Test Indicator ( finger , as you call it) that had a measurement range of 0-1/2" ,as that is what you said you had. , But I guess I am daft for asking for it....

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