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Old 01-15-2016, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Large Arbor View Post
Thanks Dan. I am hoping for similar results, although my block is aluminum. So if I read your post correctly, you gradually loosened the rocker shaft until you could completely remove and then gradually hand tightened and then torqued down to spec. Was there any tolerances that you checked or anything else you looked at when you did this?

Phil
Phil, make sure you heed the warning about leak-down before cranking. (Step Six, Valve Rocker Arm Shaft Assembly - Installation) Those of us with solid lifters tend not to remember minutia like that....
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