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Old 08-03-2004, 03:57 PM
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Kesta i see what you mean. in that case his decimal equivalent is even worse than i showed. now he has over 20 times of play than he should have. .0005 is a hair on your head split 20 times.

actually the correct way to read the adjustable play is in and out. not by rocking the caliper because no matter how close or far from center you move it will be greater than the actual play the bearing face is seeing.

to show this... if you use the edge of the rotor we can agree that it will display a number greater than say the middle of the rotor will display. due to the rocking arc. so moving along that line then the exact zero center would show zero [0] because the fulcrum or pivot point is in fact center. so the actual measurement of play is in and out. it may help to think of plastic gauge. it measures the in and out dimension of the crank and rods.

i'm only pointing this out because of the decimal range of .010 to .020. that is a far cry from .0005. like i was noting divide .010 by .0005 and you come up with 20. now frankly .01 to .02 is like slop compared to .0005 play. you will feel the movement of .020 in your hands.

please don't take any of this as criticism. it is not. just my perverbial .02cents.
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