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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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Unhappy Guess what was on MY drain plug?
Lots of little needle bearings. After tear down I found 2 more in the lifter valley. Any ideas what their from?
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Those are from your rocker arms. Time to take off your valve covers brother.
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+1 to that!
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I agree had the same problem.
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Send'em to harland sharp for $225 rebuild or a good excuse to upgrade to Yella Terra Ultralights.
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damn. that sucks. is it just from stock rockers?
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Yep thats what they're from...gay! I've been lucky so far with mine.

I think I may have read somewhere that GM corrected this problem on newer versions of the LS1/LS2 rockers. Maybe a different bearing or something?

Best bet is to send them out to Harland Sharp and have them do their rebuild.
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woops, rocker committed suicide!
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