Anyone recommend callipers for transfer box rebuild

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payydg

payydg

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Anyone recommend a decent set of callipers for transfer box rebuild. Needs to measure accurately to 0.01mm for thickness and width of grooves.

Happy to spend a bit for a decent set. Digital preferably.
 
Lidl - do a set of digital calipers and angle gauge. VG value for occasional use.

Digital Calliper at Lidl with 3 year warranty. - £8.99
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I'm looking for that angle gauge coming back again

're the vernier I would look on tbay for a decent brand like Moore and Wright or Mitoyoto. You can sometimes pick up a bargain.
 
Thanks everyone. Will check these out. Had a look at the Lidl ones. Couldn't see any deets on their resolution?
 
Been using my for more than 20 years and its a pup compared to my Moore and Wright non digital one.
Good tools are always more expensive.
I agree that some cheaper stuff has come on in leaps I have one which cost about £7 but I use it only to check a bolt or a dowel saves getting my decent ones dirty.
I check them with the distance peices from my 0 to 100 mm mike.
 
The Lidl ones are very, very good quality (IMHO) and cannot be beaten at that price with 3yr warranty.
Angle finders are on flea-bay and also well worth the spend.
 
I did one last year and it involves measuring some shims then you could do with a DTI to check the shaft end float, then you calculate which shim thickness is needed to give the pre load.
Get hold of a luggage weight scale to check the force needed to turn the shafts, they are pretty cheap but try to check it with an old fashioned weight to give you confidence.
I made a thread but the pictures are out of it now thanks the the great photo site disaster
 
payydg said:
According to the rebuild manual got to measure the width of a whole bunch of grooves on this and that.
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Verniers are often nicknamed 'Very Nears', there is also a difference between 'resolution' and 'accuracy', they are also not good for measuring smaller internal diameters due to the flat surfaces on the internal jaws . Micrometers are a lot more accurate (and expensive, and you need various sizes) so its a bit of a balancing act. If you need to measure grooves then feeler gauges can prove useful.
 
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