 grumpyvette
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12-31-07 08:05 AM - Post#1331050
In response to BrianEsser
heres one that drove a buddy nuts for awhile
he installed the old pushrod guide plates from stock heads on his new aftermarket heads, he needed to drill out the stud mount holes to get them to seat on the heads yet it never occured to him that they might be the reason the rockers were binding slightly and working at a slight tilt, everything (functioned)but he was having frequent problems, after installing the correct guide plates things ran far smoother.
he had a second problem with the valve spring retainers barely contacting the rockers body, this was cured by swapping to smaller retainers and beehive springs, but could have been cured with minor machine work clearancing the rockers, it took him awhile to find the source of the aluminum dust in the oil, but a look at the underside of most of the rockers should have pointed to that source easily(yeah CHECKING DURRING ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT HAVE HURT HERE EITHER)
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Edited by grumpyvette on 12-31-07 08:10 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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