good tool to have at the shop for the mcats?

[skidooboy]

not affiliated with them, just saw this on ebay (yeah i know). it is a power valve cable go/no go gauge. would this work and be acceptable guide to adjust the power valves???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Arct...7QQcategoryZ100450QQihZ002QQitemZ120484010166

ski

 

[Dam Dave]

Whats wrong with a ruler

 

[Rprecision]

Whats wrong with a ruler

its not $29.99

 

[AaronBND]

I might pay $1.99 for that. No way That!!! Are their sleds in Arizona???

Aaron

 

[1100Cat]

I run one similiar and it is well worth the money. Who wants to carry a ruler on their sled in the field,is a ruler 100%accurate,who wants to hold the cable and try to get a good reading with a ruler,who wants to read the scale on a ruler when eyes are bad,cold out,hands shakey and so on with the list. This tool you put the metal on the end and lay cable in place and adjust for 100% accuracy over and over again. If you do not have the tool at least use a vernier caliper and not a ruler to measure. These tools work over and over again and any inexperienced person can ajust their cables properly and quickly. We spend thousands on the sled and mods but can not affor a $30 tool to set up and have our power valves opening the right lenght for proper performance. Just my opinion and even better yet if you have more than $30 to spend the stm valves or bdx deletes will eliminate having to have a tool period.

 

[Dam Dave]

soften up dude, I was jk, I use a Starrett 797 Electronic Caliper, I trade sleds every year so I am not going to buy a gage every time the spec changes, I wouldn't take take it riding anyway, I can adjust it close enough to ride by guessing, its not Rocket science

 

[kane13]

Looks like a good tool to me, not that bad of a price half that would be better though.

 

[moyiesledhead]

Who wants to carry a ruler on their sled in the field,

Who wants to adjust their power valves in the field? I don't even like doing it in the shop! What a pain the AC laydowns are to work on!

 

[AKLankford]

I think i can make my own out of a piece of cardboard for about umm free

 

[mountaincat 800]

What I have done is take an old bic pen and take it apart. Cut a piece out of the straw like part of the pen to the measurment you want. Cut a slit down the length of the piece so the cable can slide through. Now you can put this piece on the cable and make adjutments as needed. Super easy.
Can even be done in the field but dont know why you'd want too.

 

[KATTSASS]

too cool!!

That is the coolest tool to have in my shop! I just gotta have one! By the way, what are power valves anyway?

 

[mo1000]

2 funny

 

[IShartd]

I run one similiar and it is well worth the money. Who wants to carry a ruler on their sled in the field,is a ruler 100%accurate,who wants to hold the cable and try to get a good reading with a ruler,who wants to read the scale on a ruler when eyes are bad,cold out,hands shakey and so on with the list. This tool you put the metal on the end and lay cable in place and adjust for 100% accuracy over and over again. If you do not have the tool at least use a vernier caliper and not a ruler to measure. These tools work over and over again and any inexperienced person can ajust their cables properly and quickly. We spend thousands on the sled and mods but can not affor a $30 tool to set up and have our power valves opening the right lenght for proper performance. Just my opinion and even better yet if you have more than $30 to spend the stm valves or bdx deletes will eliminate having to have a tool period.

Who the Hell checks there Power Valve Cable Legnth in the "field". Gimme a break.