Loose rocker arms
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Loose rocker arms
Please help me with this. I put my cam and springs in and everything was going good. Now, after about 2 weeks I have a lot of loose rocker noise. I took the covers off and checked the torque on the rockers and they were still good. I can wiggle the rockers back and forth a little, on the one's that both valves are closed on, and twist the pr's on them too. Is this normal or should you not be able to move anything when torqued down to 22 flbs? Do I have a problem that can be fixed. Oh, and I put new pr's in and they are still straight, 7.4's. I didn't do new lifters because I didn't think they would be bad. Can I shave my pedastal for the rocker's to give me a tighter pre load? How do you shave it?
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check the side of the rocker,i had the little metal cap break off on the side of one of my rockers. it made noise because it was moving. 400 miles later and i still cant find the metal piece that broke off.
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Originally Posted by jrp
dont shave anything. i would remove all the rockers and reinstall and tq them down to 22ft-lbs, turn the motor over 180* and recheck the tq.
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Originally Posted by 2000-WS6-Formula
check the side of the rocker,i had the little metal cap break off on the side of one of my rockers. it made noise because it was moving. 400 miles later and i still cant find the metal piece that broke off.
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Originally Posted by jrp
dont shave anything. i would remove all the rockers and reinstall and tq them down to 22ft-lbs, turn the motor over 180* and recheck the tq.
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Dude what your hearing is more than likely normal, when you put a larger cam in these cars the valvetrain tends to get quite a bit louder. Took me awhile to get used to it as well.
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