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Old 07-05-2006, 04:19 PM
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Default missing rocker arm needle bearings BIG PROBLEM!!!!

well drained the oil, and saw that i had a needle bearing in my oil. well tok the whole top end of the car apart, and couldnt find the rest of the bearings. i believe there is 40 on each rocker, and 18 of them are missing. the other 2 i have. would the oil pan be the next place to look, and is that the only place that they could have gone? Or could they have gone somehwere else in the motor? im guessing i will take the pan off next, and swap out the rod bolts while im in there.

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anyone???
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probably on the oil plug or in the filter. A lot of rockers blow their bearings, you should be okay. grab what you can out of the motor and the rest will work their way to the plug or filter eventually.
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Time to buy those shaft rockers and valve cover spacers.
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take a magnetic pen put it in the drain plug move it around the bottom of the pan ive broke 4 rockers all the needle bearings go to the oil pan
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Originally Posted by sledneck687
well drained the oil, and saw that i had a needle bearing in my oil. well tok the whole top end of the car apart, and couldnt find the rest of the bearings. i believe there is 40 on each rocker, and 18 of them are missing. the other 2 i have. would the oil pan be the next place to look, and is that the only place that they could have gone? Or could they have gone somehwere else in the motor? im guessing i will take the pan off next, and swap out the rod bolts while im in there.
I read that there are 66 per rocker.

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