Re: How to 1978 CB750 slide needle shims

Posted by Re-run on Jan 26, 2012; 7:05pm
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The greater accuracy comes from a person being able to read it easier. AND it displays the EXACT measurement in numbers. You do not have to worry about the dial sitting between lines. If you have a decent caliper, it will display to thousandths with no problem.

So bottom line, if your caliper or any other measuring device is accurate, the number it displays is the exact accurate number.

Oh, and FYI, I did not grow up with push button devices. i grew up on a farm learning on tools older than you most likely. I was out of high school before Windows 95 came out.

I now buy quality digital gauges are they are every bit as good and are easier to read. I would also bet that when most shops have to buy new tools, yup you guessed it, digital. Pretty sure NASA uses digital.
If it is good enough for them, it is good enough for me and you.

Hell, a simple $20 caliper from Lowes is accurate to +-.001 and that is plenty accurate for anything on these old bikes. Anything more than that requires a micrometer.