Hey guys I believe i have a collapsed lifter in the SS. Its making a really random clanking noise and it seems to be RPM dependent. Me and my buddy pulled the valve cover off, and there doesnt seem to be anything broken that we could see, and we torqued down everything to double check and everything was fine. So i was wondering if anyone in here has some lifters that they wanna get rid of cheap? LMK guys
Thanks

 

While I'm not saying it isn't one of your lifters, check your rockers. I had a clanking/clicking sound coming from my passenger side last year. I thought it was a lifter until I did an oil change and found tons of needle bearings in it. One of my rockers broke which was causing the noise.

 

Do a compresion test if the lifter won't pump up it will show on the test.

 

hey Bill where can i get a compression test done at?

 

jake i seen you driving today, i wasnt in the ss but i seen u on 159th just about to go across 80th ave

 

burn the car and collect the insurance

 

i was over at my buddies..Damn car is always busted.

 

Pull the valve covers off push down on all the rockers and see if one is loose.

 

yeah, and if no rockers are obviously loose, see if you can push any of the rockers down with light pressure. we had some bad lifters in a brand new motor and you could push the pushrod/rocker down with one finger and no effort.

 

By pushing down on the rockers you can still decompress a lifter if it already started to bleed down. You can get a kit from Summit or have a shop do it for you.

 

jake hit me up at the shop tomm

 

I have a compression tester could help this weekend possibly

 

ive got a whole set of stock lifters

if that turns out to be your problem, let me know

 

Ya, jake I think I have all my stock lifters as well. So if need be you can have them.

 

I will let u guys know what happens..Paulie if i need a compression tester ill hit you up.

 

jacobk

 

i dont know why, but everytime you do that, it makes me laugh

 

Hey Jay, let me know how much u want for those stock lifters, see if i can scrounge up some cash and hopefully i can pick them up.

 

Its all good playa im on call