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GUIDO 01-12-2013 11:30:06 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Hello, This feeler gauge used to be 12" long. I have used 1/2 of it for other repairs. What would a 12" long feeler gauge set, sizes from .0015 to .015 be used to measure? Guido. [Reply]   [No Email]
pete 23 01-13-2013 14:38:27 74.32.229.189 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   Used to check piston clearance and I use a good stiff one to check how even the clutch fingers are on tractors from underneath. I could not even buy any in town here. Had to order them from Ttools if I remember right. [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-13-2013 07:07:29 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   Hello, I have used these type of gauges for roots blower repair Blade clearance is critical, and only a gauge that long, will check the clearance between the two rotors on two sides of the lobes. There are many other applications as you guys can see from the rest of the posts. Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]
Dauber 01-13-2013 05:10:46 71.86.208.15 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   Used to check pinion gear location in Mercury Marine drives. The long length allows you to reach in from the propeller end of the gearcase. [Reply]  [No Email]
XRogerX 01-12-2013 19:03:00 99.254.4.97 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   I used a set to check clearances between lobes on a large Roots blower. I stuck them in and rotated the rotors, setting the indexing of the locked-on gears so that a .005" gauge would slip between them while rotating. [Reply]  [No Email]
t.r.k. 01-12-2013 18:58:53 71.31.64.233 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   I bought the .010 and .012 sizes off the tool truck to set armature air gaps on magnetos. (I work with small engines professionally) I have used a long .002 to check piston skirt/cyl wall clearance on Chevy pistons in a 350 I built at Tech. School back in the day. (At least I think it was ,002, its been a long while.) I would think an entire set would be handy for other uses as well. [Reply]  [No Email]
Retired Farmer 01-12-2013 18:50:36 207.200.116.12 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   I have had to use them to set plunger bearing clearances on a baler. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bigmarv1085 01-12-2013 18:22:45 98.66.167.40 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   I have a set that I use to check the gap on a horizontal stabilizer on a Boeing 727 [Reply]  [No Email]
wisbaker 01-12-2013 17:43:49 207.118.170.107 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   I've used long ones like that to set centrifuge rotating assemblies when we couldn't send the frame with the rotating assembly for the rebuild. Didn't have to be brass. [Reply]  [No Email]
Diydave 01-12-2013 16:41:51 96.244.154.80 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   I have bought sets and individual lengths of it from supply houses. We always ended up using it to shim crank bearings. [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-12-2013 16:50:15 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to Diydave, 01-12-2013 16:41:51   Hello Diydave, I have used them for that on old babbit type bearings. I have also used them for reed valves, shimming worn housing for bearings, to name a few. Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]
Dick L 01-12-2013 14:57:52 50.51.158.123 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   piston clearance [Reply]  [No Email]
ASEguy 01-12-2013 14:48:58 68.186.162.134 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   Hey Guido. The only brass ones I've seen in automotive were for setting reluctor gap on electronic ignition for Chryslers. Those were .010 if I remember corectly. .015? Got me. [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-12-2013 16:33:49 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to ASEguy, 01-12-2013 14:48:58   Hello ASEguy, I just looked at the picture, and it looks as if the feeler gauge is brass. I didn't notice that when I posted the picture. It is steel, and yes you can buy a set with the sizes I mentioned. Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]
ASEguy 01-14-2013 02:57:30 68.186.162.134 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 16:33:49   We use the .001 to .004 lon gauges for piston to cylinder wall clearance, but up to .015 for long feeler gauges is more than anything I've seen in automotive. [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-14-2013 12:22:52 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to ASEguy, 01-14-2013 02:57:30   Hello ASEguy, I have used those long gauges just for the blower vanes clearance. For pistons and liners, I use to measure both to get the clearances. Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]
Iowa Barber 01-12-2013 14:11:10 208.126.1.78 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   We used long feeler gauges to adjust valves on the old 292 cid ford engines to keep from burning our hsnds on the exhaust manifolds. Brian [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-12-2013 16:38:45 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to Iowa Barber, 01-12-2013 14:11:10   Hello Iowa Barber, The one in the picture is .003, it would be hard to use as a valve setting gauge. Even at .015 they are pretty flimsy, Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]
Iowa Barber 01-12-2013 19:39:54 208.126.1.78 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 16:38:45   Guido, You did not say .003 in your post. Brian [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-13-2013 07:03:03 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to Iowa Barber, 01-12-2013 19:39:54   Hello Iowa barber, The one in the picture is a .003 gauge,I had no intention to misslead anyone. I did post that the sizes were from .0015 to .015. Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]
welding man 01-12-2013 13:36:04 76.9.225.68 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   If they had a hole in the end they were used with a set of spring scales to check piston skirt clearance on engine rebuilds. [Reply]  [No Email]
Steve Reed 01-12-2013 12:45:32 98.102.236.2 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   We used feeler gauge sets 12 inches long to set the gaps on doors on industrial furnaces. I'm talking about heat treat furnaces such as draws and carborizers. I believe Starret used to make them. [Reply]  [No Email]
Doc 2 01-12-2013 12:10:38 65.61.91.125 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   Feeler gauges like that are used to measure piston clearance during a rebuild. [Reply]  [No Email]
MisterT 01-12-2013 11:44:11 216.248.71.226 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to GUIDO, 01-12-2013 11:30:06   Was it an actual set of feeler gauges? Or was it individual pieces? If it was individual pieces, it may have just been an assortment of shim stock. [Reply]  [No Email]
GUIDO 01-12-2013 11:52:51 71.168.249.98 Report to Moderator	Re: Tool Challenge! in reply to MisterT, 01-12-2013 11:44:11   Hello Mister T, There was a set that you could buy with the sizes i mentioned. I also had an assortment as well. Guido. [Reply]  [No Email]