Rocker Arm Removal
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Then I used my cheap electric impact wrench and spun them out, just as easy as any bolt should be. All 16 of them. I wouldn't have thought it would be such a simple answer - but I like trying the cheap and easy things first.
Thanx, guys. Appreciate your help.
Believe it or not, these are the correct answers! I stopped at Lowes and got a new 6 point socket to replace my 12 point. And then I whacked 'em with a center punch a couple of times.
Then I used my cheap electric impact wrench and spun them out, just as easy as any bolt should be. All 16 of them. I wouldn't have thought it would be such a simple answer - but I like trying the cheap and easy things first.
Thanx, guys. Appreciate your help.
Glad you figured it out
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Try this..........take a punch and hammer and WHACK each bolt HARD on the very top a few times then try removing them. This will disturb the thread bond and they should come loose. You should also ALWAYS do this to the head bolts before you try to loosen them or its possible the threads in the block will fail when you go to reassemble the heads to the block.
( BTW: also do this on things like on idler pulley torx bolt, and on 4L60E bellhousing-to-case torx+ bolts )
And then, before installing rocker bolts, clean threads out with a chaser.
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But, on inspection, all of my smaller sized sockets are 6 point. I didn't use metrics that much, so for this project I had to buy a couple of sets of new sockets. Most of them are 12 points. If it happens again, I'll know what the problem is.
Just goes to show that no matter how old you are, or how much experience you have, you can always learn something new.
Wish I could take credit for figuring it out, but it wasn't me. Vettenuts suggested it.
Those are so small, 8mm, 6pt just makes sense. Probably the only reason I didn't have the same issue is because I didn't have an 8mm 3/8 drive socket and had to buy one. So I bought a deep 6pt.
I actually like the stock bolts better than the Allen head bolts that came with my YT rockers. Has a better shank. Ditto for the stock rockers with comp reunion upgrade. But in that situation, the stockers are too short.
So, you will get to buy another new metric tool! 3/8 Allen socket.
Since getting into the LS stuff, I now have more metric tools than std.
Ron
I actually like the stock bolts better than the Allen head bolts that came with my YT rockers. Has a better shank. Ditto for the stock rockers with comp reunion upgrade. But in that situation, the stockers are too short.
So, you will get to buy another new metric tool! 3/8 Allen socket.
Since getting into the LS stuff, I now have more metric tools than std.
Ron
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I thought these were a simple bolt on job. But I wanted to check to make sure there's no magical technique - like it's a laft hand thread, or some hidden locking device. I'v never had a Lock-Tite work this well.
I'v applied heat to the bolt head and the rocker pedestal.
My hand impact tool will usually break anything free. Jut put a little tension on it and whack it with a big hammer. That usually breaks things free in a coupple of hits.
I'v applied heat to the bolt head and the rocker pedestal.
My hand impact tool will usually break anything free. Jut put a little tension on it and whack it with a big hammer. That usually breaks things free in a coupple of hits.
darn tootin!
