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Old May 2, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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Default do the pushrods have to be perfectly straight
ok i my car is making a little tapping noise when i hit 2000 rpm and increases with rpm just slightly. i pulled the pushrods out and rolled them on a glass table and they wobble a bit not completely bent but they do not roll perfect do they need replacing.
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lol Im with ^^^^^^^
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lol Pushrods are suppose to be dead even straight, if they are bent slightly it will cause this.
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Yes, get new ones. They are pretty cheap and sounds like you have done the labor.
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cool guys thanks i just order some trickflow ones from summit racing
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get the correct length.are the trickflows 7.5?you need 7.4.
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new pushrods for certain when i had my engine rebuilt one pushrod someone got bent and it knocked hard.
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I usually like my pushrods to be at about a 75 degree angle... I think a few vendors might even carry the new pre-bent type R ones...
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Soul. . . you mean 15 off of straight or just off of the 90 "L". The just off of 90 "L"s are custom right?
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they only need to be straight if you want your motor to hold together. I say put them back in and make a 0-150 run on video
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Oh hell just smack em with a hammer a few times while rolling on concrete.
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