[DeTomaso] Rocker installation

[Charles McCall]

True, Asa Jay. And check that the guideplates "fit" properly. 

I had all kinds of engine problems years ago caused by a number of things,
one of which was guideplates that were slightly offcenter, sideloading the
pushrods and causing them to bend. Or at least not helping them stay
straight. 

Charles McCall
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De: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] En
nombre de asajay at asajay.com
Enviado el: martes, 05 de mayo de 2009 18:56
Para: Henrik Svensson
CC: detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Rocker installation

Sorry, I forgot one critical item.... you -must- have pushrod  
guideplates installed.  The hold the pushrod in a particular location  
when sliding up and down.  If you look at some of the other photos at  
the link I sent earlier, you will see the guideplates I am using.  If  
you do not have guideplates, they will not work correctly and will be  
unstable as you indicate, and could slide off and really make a mess.   
You -need- the guideplates.

My apologies for not remembering it and mentioning it earlier.

Asa Jay

Quoting Henrik Svensson <hsv at traen.se>:

> Hi Asa Jay
>
> Yes it helps a lot :)
>
> Then I have I correctly installed. It seems a bit "unstable" but I   
> guess when I adjust the rockers it will feel better.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Henrik
>
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> Ämne: Re: [DeTomaso] Rocker installation
>
> Mechanical rockers will sit on the valve and pushrod with no spacer.  I
> have photos here:
> http://www.351c.info/gallery2/v/asajay/351C_Build_2001/?g2_page=5
> but they are a bit hard to tell.  There is -no- spacer on these either,
> even though I'm running a hydraulic cam.  The tension on the assembly is
> created by the use of a lock-nut on the stud, which allows you to crank
> down the rocker too tight or too loose.  This is where the idea of valve
> "lash" comes in.  You need just the right amount of adjustment.
>
> Now if you had a stock hydraulic cam, you'd use pedastals and just
> torque the rocker to spec, but with a mechanical cam you have to adjust
> each rocker individually.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
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>
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>
> Henrik Svensson wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm trying to install my new Comp Cams Roller Rockers (mechanical cam)
>> but it feels like I'm missing something. Isn't there supposed to be some
>> kind of spacer between the rocker and the stud? The rocker can't just
>> rest on top of the valve and the push rod?
>>
>> But if I install a spacer how do I adjust the rocker?
>>
>> All pictures I find on the precious Internet shows the rocker when it's
>> in place and I can't see if there is any spacer, hmmm...
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Henrik
>> #1477
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