Re: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1086

[Mark Denovich <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's the idea of posting hard evidence instead of wild speculation?! 
Keep that up and we'll have to move the thread to off-topic!  :)

Seriously...  thank you for posting your results.  They suggest I should 
have nothing to fear with the small amount I needed to remove to bring 
my shims in spec.   I'll add this info to the Wiki shortly.

--Mark
The Alfa Wiki: http://alfa.denovich.org

Nash Bap wrote:

> "The results of my shim hardness test is as follows:
> First I tested 2 standard shims. One came up at 55 rockwell the
> other came up at 48 rockwell, a little variation between them for
> reasons I am not sure. Then, I machined 4 seperate shims. Results
> are;
>
> Thickness removed / Rockwell
> .0025" 41
> .005" 41
> .010" 35
> .015" 29
>
> These shims are only case hardened and I wouldn't recommend taking
> more than .002-.003 maximum off the shim if the correct shim cannot
> be found. I hope these findings are helpfull. Regards, Peter."
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