okay, when you do your cam swap, and you're using pen magnets down the pushrod holes. MAKE SURE YOU"RE CAREFUL PULLING THEM BACK OUT ! ! ! i broke the head off of one of the magnets today. Was almost finished swapping out m torquer 2 for a trex, then i realized, oh, better put the rockers back on, so i started taking the magnets out, but one came out missing somehting important, the magnet

 

OH NO!!!!!!!!!

Have you started pulling stuff apart yet?

 

That sucks! You think if you took a stronger magnet and stuck down in there you might be able to get the other one out?

 

the one i was using can barely fit in the hole, i used the biggest one possible that broke!!! i tried usin a retriever but i keep hooking the lifter tray or the lifter itself, how i'm missing the magnet i have no idea

 

that sucks man...i was going to do the pen magnet on my car...but they were much more expensive than the 96 cents i spent on 48" of 5/16" dowel rods. That worked great! Sorry you have to rip all the stuff apart to get that **** out

 

Yeah, it's official now, i started breaking the bolts loose last night, then got sidetracked. Definitley sucks, so i ordered gasket and bolts from thunder racing this morning

 

Good luck! Not that bad just take your time.

 

The good thing is that you didnt damage anything. Just a matter of taking it off and then putting it back on.

 

Yes, that is the main problem with the pen magnet method. I guess you just have to find stronger pen magnets. I got mine at Autozone in their little rack at the register.

 

i have a few small headed magnets like autzone had, and the one that broke is huge, got them at o'reilly's and i loved them, til yesterday

 

i dont understand why you all even do the pen magnet thing. just buy a 4ft piece of dowel rod from home dept, 5/16 in size, and slide this under the lifters. waaaaay cheaper and easier.

 

Dowel method

 

Man That Just Sucks

 

ow now you tell me, Well! I honestly was gonna do this but i already had the pen magnets, that i paid almost thirty bucks for, so i figured i'd get my use out of them. Wish i had thrown them out now, or kept them in the toolbox atleast

 

Thats shitty man, reading this makes me feel better in regards on my order I placed on friday with Thunder getting their cam install tool. Its 95 bucks, but worry free!

 

yeah, the dowel works just as good as the cam tool, but i really would have gotten the cam tool to save just placing my order with thunder racing for head gasket and bolts!

 

Ya debated it for a while but the money we put into our car 95 bucks isn't that much, plus it guarentees that part of the install instead of what you mentioned of a more expensive cost like ripping apart the motor. Not the end of the world though, you'll have her rippin up the streets in no time once again!

 

you want to sell that torquer 2?

 

Already Traded it for the T-Rex, but thanks for the offer, it was a pretty sweet cam, but i got the fever.

 

a wooden dowel from home depot will accomplish the same thing