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[guido]

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.

 

[MisterT]

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.
 

[guido]

Hello Mister T,

There was a set that you could buy with the sizes i mentioned. I also had an assortment as well.

Guido.
 

[Doc 2]

Feeler gauges like that are used to measure piston clearance during a rebuild.
 

[Steve Reed]

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.
 

[Welding man]

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.
 

[Iowa Barber]

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
 

[ASEguy]

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.
 

[Dick L]

piston clearance
 

[guido]

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.
 

[guido]

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.
 

[DiyDave]

I have bought sets and individual lengths of it from supply houses. We always ended up using it to shim crank bearings.
 

[guido]

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.
 

[wisbaker]

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.
 

[BigMarv1085]

I have a set that I use to check the gap on a horizontal stabilizer on a Boeing 727