I installed the harland sharp rebuilt roller rockers today. With the reputation the stockers have for spilling their needle bearings I can't understand why more people don't do this. Maybe I'm just the paranoid type. Anyway, the install was very easy and gave me the chance to paint my valve covers.

Here you can see the new bearings. They have a much smoother/solid feel than the stockers


painted valve covers:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...73#post5345473

Also you will break your 8mm socket so be prepared. Even matco was no match for the stock rocker arm bolts.

 

i wish i was like you and would have done that before my rockers spilled everywhere. i jsut had that done to my rockers, and finished the car up. been running now for about 5 days, and they are working awesome. everyone should do this if they plan on keeping the stock rockers, because you never know if you will be the unlucky one that this will happen to. it sucks when it does happem

 

Yeah, I honestley couldn't see it happening but for $250 it seemed like cheap insurance.

Also, does anyone know if there is a break in time for new rockers?

thanks

 

No one knows if there is a break in time? I would like to take it to the track this weekend.

thanks

 

Never heard of breaking in rockers...you should be good to go. VC's look good BTW. What was the turn around time on your rockers?

 

how did you break a socket? they are only torqued at 22ft pd. even with the threadlocker on them, they should have come right off.


another vote for the harlan sharp rebuild.
i hadnt spit any needles out yet, but my car was less noisy after the rocker swap.
still makes noises tho. hehe.

 

Thanks man! I forget the exact time frame but it was only a few days. I remember being suprised at how fast they showed up.

 

I have no idea why they are so hard to get off but they were. If you do a search you will see breaking sockets is a common problem.

 

That's the first I've heard of it. Unless someone before you put crazy loctite on them.

 

I could see maybe snapping a shity 1/4 drive socket.

 

This is a very good upgrade. I recommend it for a reliable valvetrain--and the price isn't bad at all.

 

Does anyone know if they'll rebuild the LS7 rockers? The fulcrums look the same to me.

 

Might be worth a shot. Nothing like the super light GM rockers.

 

It was a matco 3/8"

I know I've read about this problem in at least one other thread, and it seemed like some have the problem and some don't.

 

The ls7 rockers shouldn't be used in an ls1 though right? I'm just a little worried as to why he was asking.

 

Greg is running the LS7 heads.

 

Where did you get the rocker from?

 

They are stock rockers...they're on all LS1's. He had them rebuild by harland sharp.

scott: That's wierd you broke a 3/8 drive socket and a matco at that. I'd think the bolt head would round out before breaking that sucker.

 

do u have a link were to call to get them rebuilt?

 

Call nasty performance. http://www.nastyperformance.com/default.html They send them out to harland sharp to be rebuilt.