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Dec 21, 2012 | 04:41 AM

stangkiller2005

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rocker bearings

so if i had several rockers bust on me and spill bearings all over the place; does that mean my motor may blow? ill change oil before i start it again. doing trunion upgrade and swapping to correct valve seals. just hope this did not do permanent damage to my motor.

Dec 21, 2012 | 09:47 AM

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Several as in one or two, or as in like, 6? If you are breaking a lot of them, perhaps something is not set up right with the valvetrain? Either way, just change the oil and you can even run a strong magnet to try to get anything missed by the drain plug.

Dec 21, 2012 | 03:29 PM

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Same happened to me 25k miles back during a cam install but only 1 broke. Pan was dropped slightly and strong magnet ran in it to retrieve all the bearings

Dec 21, 2012 | 06:28 PM

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Was coil binding. Used wrong valve seals with dual springs.

Dec 21, 2012 | 07:10 PM

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They really can't go anywhere. Some may have fallen in near the lifters, you should be able to get a magnet in there. The rest will be in the head or in the pan. They are too big to get sucked through the pick-up. You should be fine.

Dec 21, 2012 | 07:54 PM

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Use a magnet pen through the oil drain hole to fish out any leftover needles. You might find some more in the oil changes to come.

Dec 22, 2012 | 01:11 PM

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cool. thanks for the info guys. i can feel alittle better now. waiting for ups than its off to swap all seals, and trunion upgrad on rockers. ima prolly pull the shims, and hopefully i didnt bend any pushrods.