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| Author: | Luthastro [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:56 am ] |
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Is it possible to buy a feeler guage that's hard enough not to get all beat up with a couple valve adjusting sessions? |
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| Author: | sandy in BC [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:15 pm ] |
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No |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:20 pm ] |
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H'mm. I have a regular, normal, plain old set of KD or Lisle feeler gauges I've been using on slant-6 valve adjustments since 1990 or so, and they're not beaten up. What kind are you using, Luthastro and Sandy? How are they getting damaged? |
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| Author: | sandy in BC [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:47 pm ] |
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I guess what Im saying is....there is not a better feeler gauge that will not get munched when not properly used. I set my valves hot but not running....to specified clearances. Then I set them hot and running with a vacuum gauge......by ear and feel. The feeler gauges I use are ancient homemade Go-NoGo feeler "bars" ....hand filed and miked and hand file and miked.... I made them for a Crane cam I ran in a Ford 6 in the early 70s....I was marine engineering at the time and had 6 weeks at sea to while away. I just wished I had some stainless steel stock to make them from. |
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| Author: | vynn3 [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:47 pm ] |
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Got mine at Autozone a couple of years ago, and through several adjustment sessions, they're still undamaged... Maybe I'm not adjusting them right... VM |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:49 pm ] |
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Quote: I guess what Im saying is....there is not a better feeler gauge that will not get munched when not properly used
Ah! That ain't not the right answer.  I agree, pretty much any tool, no matter the quality, will get battered and damaged if improperly used.
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| Author: | CStryker [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:52 pm ] |
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What is the proper way to use a feeler guage to check the valves then? After setting/checking them 3 times with the engine running, mine are a little smushed around the edges from sliding them in. |
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| Author: | Luthastro [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:09 pm ] |
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Quote: H'mm. I have a regular, normal, plain old set of KD or Lisle feeler gauges I've been using on slant-6 valve adjustments since 1990 or so, and they're not beaten up. What kind are you using, Luthastro and Sandy? How are they getting damaged?
I guess by now I should be very hesitant to admit it, but I've gotten all of mine from parts stores. They end up dished the shape of the rocker end.
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:41 pm ] |
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But that's just it...my regular normal plain ol' ordinary feeler gauges, they came from parts stores (or hardware stores), too! One thing that will chew 'em up in a hurry is trying to force a gauge into a gap too small for it. |
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| Author: | Luthastro [ Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:16 pm ] |
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Quote: But that's just it...my regular normal plain ol' ordinary feeler gauges, they came from parts stores (or hardware stores), too!
I guess it's a matter of technique. I come down until it just barely sticks then back it off. I don't know any other way to know for certain where I am if I don't come the actual end of the gap.
One thing that will chew 'em up in a hurry is trying to force a gauge into a gap too small for it. |
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