adjusting rocker arms
05-27-2008, 01:01 PM
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adjusting rocker arms My valve train is making noise, and I believe it is the YT Rockers. How do i go about adjusting them after i pull the valve covers?
05-27-2008, 01:58 PM
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What tools do I nees?
8mm & 10mm socket. what else?
What do i look for?
05-27-2008, 02:34 PM
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Wow, um, I guess you didn't do the install, who did it? You could always call them and ask them if they measured the swipe area of the rocker arms.
Off the top of my head sitting at work, I can't run down all the tools you're going to need exactly to do this. But my best guess is an 8 and 10mm sockets as well as a 24mm socket to turn the crank over and check the valve swipe pattern. I would hand check the rocker arms first to see if any are loose.
Off the top of my head sitting at work, I can't run down all the tools you're going to need exactly to do this. But my best guess is an 8 and 10mm sockets as well as a 24mm socket to turn the crank over and check the valve swipe pattern. I would hand check the rocker arms first to see if any are loose.
05-27-2008, 02:47 PM
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Wow, um, I guess you didn't do the install, who did it? You could always call them and ask them if they measured the swipe area of the rocker arms.
Off the top of my head sitting at work, I can't run down all the tools you're going to need exactly to do this. But my best guess is an 8 and 10mm sockets as well as a 24mm socket to turn the crank over and check the valve swipe pattern. I would hand check the rocker arms first to see if any are loose.
Off the top of my head sitting at work, I can't run down all the tools you're going to need exactly to do this. But my best guess is an 8 and 10mm sockets as well as a 24mm socket to turn the crank over and check the valve swipe pattern. I would hand check the rocker arms first to see if any are loose.
05-27-2008, 04:02 PM
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That won't help and LS1howto is wrong. You need to check the wipe pattern as mentioned earlier and once the wipe pattern is set you need to measure for pushrod length. Anything less than this is just guessing as to the problem. Over tightening will only result in stripped threads.
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05-27-2008, 06:20 PM
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That won't help and LS1howto is wrong. You need to check the wipe pattern as mentioned earlier and once the wipe pattern is set you need to measure for pushrod length. Anything less than this is just guessing as to the problem. Over tightening will only result in stripped threads.
Question: If the valve train noise is on both sides, is it possible that the noise is just normal. It sounds like a sewing machine. The noise is like a ratteling that increases in frequency with RPMs. I am starting to think that i may just be paranoid.
05-27-2008, 09:08 PM
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The valve train noise could just be normal, but again, I'd talk to the shop that installed everything if they checked the pushrod length and put in the proper pushrods.
If they are too short or too long, it could be making a noisy valvetrain, but again the only to make sure is to check.
If they are too short or too long, it could be making a noisy valvetrain, but again the only to make sure is to check.
