How Can You Tell If a Lifter Dropped During the Cam Install?
04-24-2003, 08:22 PM
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How Can You Tell If a Lifter Dropped During the Cam Install? I swear I head a clunk while installing the new cam. I double checked it by installing the pushrods. They all seem to be at the same height. If I dropped a lifter would the pushrod be way lower than the rest of them? What throughs me off is that before the cam install the lifters would not drop after rotating the cam. They would stay up even overnight. Now when I turn the new cam the lifters follow the cam instead of hanging up in the bore. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
Im assuming if a lifter dropped the pushrod will drop in deeper into the cylinder head than the rest of them. When I check this, they all appear to be at the same height. Like I said before, I swear I head something drop when changing the cams.
What do you all think?
Im assuming if a lifter dropped the pushrod will drop in deeper into the cylinder head than the rest of them. When I check this, they all appear to be at the same height. Like I said before, I swear I head something drop when changing the cams.
What do you all think?
04-24-2003, 08:45 PM
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Re: How Can You Tell If a Lifter Dropped During the Cam Install? That is definitely strange...
BUT, if you dropped a lifter, your pushrod would fall way down....
Your lifters not staying up is wierd too...
Don't know what to tell you, except I would bet you didn't drop a lifter due to the pushrod heights.
Good luck, keep us posted.
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BUT, if you dropped a lifter, your pushrod would fall way down....
Your lifters not staying up is wierd too...
Don't know what to tell you, except I would bet you didn't drop a lifter due to the pushrod heights.
Good luck, keep us posted.
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04-24-2003, 10:35 PM
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Re: How Can You Tell If a Lifter Dropped During the Cam Install? Dug,
Well, if you put all of the pushrods back in and they are the same height, you are safe. If one had indeed dropped, when you put that pushrod back in, it would have dropped too!(then you would definately heard a thunk!) if you are concerned that something else may have fallen, (don't know what, there isn't anything else in there to fall) rotate the motor by hand at least two revolutions to check.
I think you are safe though, you may have just heard the cam hitting inside the block as you removed it.
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Well, if you put all of the pushrods back in and they are the same height, you are safe. If one had indeed dropped, when you put that pushrod back in, it would have dropped too!(then you would definately heard a thunk!) if you are concerned that something else may have fallen, (don't know what, there isn't anything else in there to fall) rotate the motor by hand at least two revolutions to check.
I think you are safe though, you may have just heard the cam hitting inside the block as you removed it.
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04-24-2003, 11:46 PM
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Re: How Can You Tell If a Lifter Dropped During the Cam Install? you say the lifters are not staying up w/ the new cam? do you still have the pushrods in when checking this? if so - theres your answer. the p-rods are just heavy enough to keep the lifter from staying up.
