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Step #1. Loosen set screw.
Step #2. Use at least a 36" long wrench Step #3. Tighten the livinsheet out of it. Step #4. Order Parts Valve lash adjustment procedure, according to Danr. |
Nope. They are hydraulics. The set screw snapped right above the oil port. Looks like the metal crystalized.
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Next week?
Sunday: Crossroads Gun Show Mesa
Monday: Barrett-Jackson Tuesday: Padre Murphy's Thursday: Silver Auction Saturday: Crossroads Gun Show Fairgrounds & Peoria Cruise In Sunday: Russo & Steele I avoid the Bonham, RM and Gooding since I couldn't afford them anyway. This week is also Blood test and colorectal on Tues, Lunch at Heidi's on Wed, Ben Avery on Thursday night, Coffee at Panera and Solar City meet on Friday. This retirement is killing me. I need to go back to work so I can rest. AZ Bob |
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"But why did the set screw break instead of the rocker arm. And why did you need to adjust the valves, hydraulics usually don't need adjustment." Remember, this is Danr. |
From initial.investigation, it appears that the thread root on the adjusting screw lacked the proper thread root radius creating a stress point. That combined with what is perhaps an errant hardening process combined to create a failure when torque was applied.
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"From initial.investigation, it appears that the thread root on the adjusting screw lacked the proper thread root radius creating a stress point. That combined with what is perhaps an errant hardening process combined to create a failure when torque was applied."
Its gettin deeper and higher. Where's my hip boots? |
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OK Hipboots, Check these out and see what conclusions you can draw.. I would be happy to entertain any other substainable theories.
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Dan, you need to lay off the protein shakes.
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Tried adjusting them without loosening the locknut. Lefty loosey, righty tighty.
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Nope. Loosed all the locknuts then turned the engine over by hand.. One full rotation of the distributor.
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You still didn't say why you were adjusting hydraulic lifters when you should not have needed to.
Karl doesn't think we are getting the whole story. |
Karl is and always has been a conspiracy theorist. You got the whole story.
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