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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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someone told me that their was a bad batch of cups and it make the lifter to go to the side of the cam kinda like what mine did . but doesn't the holes in the block keep the lifter inline with the cam ?
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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Are you talking about the plastic trays?
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yes..
i know they hold the lifters up for cam swaps but can they knock the lifter off and make it ride the side of the lobe like in the picture
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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The lifter trays engage the two flats machined on the top of the lifter to keep them from spinning. I may be mistaken, but I believe that the bad batch had a "10" stamped on them? Apparently they didn't hold the lifters perfectly square and caused a lot of friction between the lifter and cam.
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he told me something about a bad batch and the holes would be noticebly off but mine don't really look off . is the number 10 batch the only way to tell if you have a bad batch


and also what would make my roller not ride in the center of the cam like in the picture
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The lifters also help hold oil in for the lifters to operate effectively. Especially on cold starts.

There is a popular mod around here to drill a 1/2 hole in each to allow oil to drain back to the pan faster but that mod is really only intended for race applications
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