trunion upgrade kit
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trunion upgrade kit Im pretty much in same spot as this guy
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...n-upgrade.html
I too have a stock 99. I found the same little pieces of metal at tip of my drain plug also.. rocker arm and needle bearings too
Everyone keeps telling me pop valve covers pull the rockers start looking..
I just wana get a quote on all these parts. Whats it cost to fix something like this. Now theres no telling how long I drove the car like this but I started to hear a slight chatter sound around 2200-2800rpms never herd anything when the car is ideling. what all would I need
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...n-upgrade.html
I too have a stock 99. I found the same little pieces of metal at tip of my drain plug also.. rocker arm and needle bearings too
Everyone keeps telling me pop valve covers pull the rockers start looking..
I just wana get a quote on all these parts. Whats it cost to fix something like this. Now theres no telling how long I drove the car like this but I started to hear a slight chatter sound around 2200-2800rpms never herd anything when the car is ideling. what all would I need
Damn 4-5 hrs lol.. it took me 30 minutes to remove the rockers from the car, remove the old trunions, and reinstall the new ones. 2 16mm sockets, patience, and a hammer did the trick.
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If he was to take his car to a shop they would charge him for a lot more than 30 minutes labor.
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Verdad Gallardo If you want to send me your rockers to do the trunion on ill video tape it happening.. I followed bene's write up except I didn't use a vice. I used an old head bolt with the rocker sitting on top of a socket large enough to catch the old trunions. Hit the rocker about 2 times with a hammer on the head of the head bolt directly on the old trunion and it'll pop out just like it says in the write up. Then I did the next steps differently than Bene. I grabbed 2 bearings and a trunion and loosely set them in the rocker. Next put the rocker on top of a 16mm socket and lightly hit it with the hammer until the bearing gets set about flush with the rocker. Then grab another 16mm socket and hit the the bearing that isn't pushed in yet and it will push BOTH bearings further into the rocker. It literally took the time I said it took.
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Whats brand of rockers should I use? again car is stock
This is so tempting but dunno if I wana chance it on rebuilt rockers
Wheres Bene's write up
If you want to send me your rockers to do the trunion on ill video tape it happening.. I followed bene's write up except I didn't use a vice. I used an old head bolt with the rocker sitting on top of a socket large enough to catch the old trunions. Hit the rocker about 2 times with a hammer on the head of the head bolt directly on the old trunion and it'll pop out just like it says in the write up. Then I did the next steps differently than Bene. I grabbed 2 bearings and a trunion and loosely set them in the rocker. Next put the rocker on top of a 16mm socket and lightly hit it with the hammer until the bearing gets set about flush with the rocker. Then grab another 16mm socket and hit the the bearing that isn't pushed in yet and it will push BOTH bearings further into the rocker. It literally took the time I said it took.
