Anytime Tools 2" - 6" ENGINE CYLINDER DIAL BORE GAUGE SET

by Anytime Tools

Product Description

Super Precision Bore Gauge Deep cylinder bore gageing to a depth of 10" affords the user the ability to measure out-of-round conditions and tapers of cylinders without the necessity of removing pistons - critical wear area of the cylinder can be reached with this gauge. Super precision up to 0.0005" at range from 2" to 6"

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000I8QVES
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,163 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Engine Cylinder Dial Bore Set, Pretty Good, July 2, 2010

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surferpat - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Anytime Tools 2" - 6" ENGINE CYLINDER DIAL BORE GAUGE SET (Misc.)

I am an old time gear head kind of guy (53 years old), and have rebuilt about a dozen engines over the years. I bought this cylinder bore micrometer set, that uses a regular style dial indicator, where you are measuring not so much the actual bore, but rather difference in the bore, to see if the cylinder has a taper to it, or has a whiskey barrel shape to the cylinder, etc. It is important that the user realizes this important distinction. This set will only tell you if the cylinders are egg-shaped, tapered, barrel-shaped etc. It does not tell you the actual measurement, only differences in the diameter of the bore. So this device can tell you could have a perfectly straight cylinder, but it will not tell you that the cylinder may still be worn to the point, that it needs to be bored to an oversize piston. I found it be somewhat useful, but I also bought micrometers with telescoping, snap T-Bores sets, and found them to be more useful. My review for the micrometers and snap T-bore set is written below.
I like this set of micrometers, mostly because of their affordability. In the past, I have had access to Starrett micrometers when gauging pistons, cylinder bores, and rod & main bearings. This set is of a lower quality than that of a Starrett, but I found it to still be quite good. I have found that you are going to pay four to five times for Starrett equipment, but all I really do now, is measure pistons, cylinders, rods & mains for a rough assessment, to determine if I am going to bore the cyliders .020" over, or turn the crankshaft .010" under, etc. I let the local machine shop perform their magic, where they do have the super-duper micrometers, that are critical for their operation. So unless you are going into the machine shop business, why spend the high bucks for superior equipment, for just an initial assessment. I have found these mic's to be plenty satisfactory. If you are going to measure cylinders, you obviously would need an inside measurement, so I bought the telescoping, snap, T-gauge set also. They worked just fine, very pleased with both sets.
Just my two cents worth ......

5.0 out of 5 stars Bore Gauge, September 27, 2011

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Rodney Henry - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Anytime Tools 2" - 6" ENGINE CYLINDER DIAL BORE GAUGE SET (Misc.)

I purchased this while I was rebuilding a motorcycle engine and needed to measure the cylinder bore for wear and taper. It came with simple instructions and was easy to read and work with.

PS. you will need a Mircometer with the same dimension capablity to do your measurments correctly.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Missing Pieces, May 3, 2010

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Matthew B. Ferdock (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anytime Tools 2" - 6" ENGINE CYLINDER DIAL BORE GAUGE SET (Misc.)

Received this very quickly after ordering it, however, it was missing 3 pieces. I contacted the vendor and offered to send a pic of what I received showing the 3 empty positions for the other parts, but no reply.

Poor quality control, poor communication.