CAT3

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not new persae, but the revised ones? I have a set of the 1st batch and found out there needed to be an updated one for use on 02' when GM swapped Lifter design/manufacturer. Cant use the old design, so I wanted to swap to the new ones. I like the tool itself.

Camaro_Zach

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you should just make your own. there are many how to's on here that show how to do this. search around. it will cost ya like 5 bucks in rod from ace, then other use velcro while others grind em down so its even more of a snug fit.

GM Muscle

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I got a pair from the newest batch. I havn't used them on an '02 but both of them bound up real bad in my 2000. Took me a good hour to work them out. I'm going to grind them down alittle and give them one more shot in my pick up, if it happens again they are headed for the trash.

Camaro_Zach

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dont the jrp cam install rods cost like...$100 ish? why pay for such an item you have to grind down anyways. thats bs to me. if i had to modify tools from sears to work, you can bet i wouldnt buy anymore from sears haha.

GM Muscle

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Yeah, they where like $80. And believe me, I was pissed that they didn't work like a charm. I should have just made my own in the first place.

P Mack

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I think you mean jpr (joe prince racing) instead of jrp (search button director). I made my own and they worked fine.

Camaro_Zach

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jrp jpr, whatever it may be, the cam tool sucks hahah

Y2K SS

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P.. how did you make yours. Throw me a bone bud.

P Mack

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I ended up using 2 ft of 5/16 steel rod from home depot for the drivers side and 2 ft of 3/16 rod with velcro tape wrapped around it (hot dog style) for the passenger side. The reason I had to use 3/16 with velcro on the passenger side is for some reason the 5/16 got stuck a couple inches in.

Cody Brooks

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i used 3/16 and 5/16 and didn't use any velcro at all worked fine for me slid in pretty easy and came out pretty easy too.

Louis

iTrader: (7)

The JPR tool, NOT JRP, has always bound up. Alan, 383LQ4SS, has some good info. Hes the n20 mod, so you can search his name

jrp

iTrader: (16)

if i had a nickle for everytime someone confused my s/n with the tool i'd have enough for a 427 and all the trimmings.

CAT3

iTrader: (9)

Well, majority wins. Will pick up the homedepot rods. JPR, thats what you get for closing in on a SN Sorry.

Seems everyone had the same binding on the passenger side, odd. I just dont want a lifter to drop on my buddies car. But, trust is what this ***** all about *more like gambling*

Camaro_Zach

iTrader: (19)

assuming the 427 with all trimmings was 10g, which its not, we all know itd be more. you would need to witnessed 200,000 mixups.

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far cry from 200,000. and thats not tool mixups, thats just metions of your name.

(can you tell im bored at work?)

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

Forget the wood or the 5/16 and grinding or velcro or other crap. I used (2) 1/4 aluminum rods from Home Depot and paid $7 for both, The aluminum lets you flex the rods a bit if you need when sliding from the front of the motor, and the lifters wont slide past the 1/4 rod. I sharpened the tip a bit with a file and marked the rods for the length of the cam so I knew that ALL the lifters where covered( I didn't want to miss the last two guessing if it bottomed out). I gave the rods to a friend after I finished and he used them with no sweat. Done deal.

99blancoSS

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I would have to say user error here!! I bought them because I like expensive specialty tools, fetish of mine, but they work absolutely like dream. Maybe you didnt spin your lifters out of the way and were trying to use the tool to push and pry them them up? I dont know, dont want to know, but there is nothing wrong with the rods, at all! My recomendation to anyone would be to borrow some or make your own. I lend mine out to locals because thats why I bought them.
And on a side note I would never touch jrp's rod!!

Y2K SS

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when you say spin the lifters out of the way, I assume you mean as the rod goes in to spin it???

Camaro_Zach

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[QUOTE=99blancoSS] I would have to say user error here!!QUOTE]

cant argue that because ive never used em. however youre the first one to post anything positive about them.

P Mack

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No, you spin the cam to push the lifters into the lifter holders. Then you put the rods in to keep them there.

Y2K SS

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whew... thanks for the clarificaiton.