GM hardened guide plates
Unless they've changed them, the GM guideplates are not hardened.
I found this info out the hard way
Go with the trickflow guideplates, they are much better quality and way cheaper too.
I found this info out the hard way
Go with the trickflow guideplates, they are much better quality and way cheaper too.
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Do you know if they're hardened or not. It's my understanding GM made both hardened and non hardened.
I have Trickflows now and they don't align the rockers up straight. One rocker is always cockeyed. I was told GM would do a better job at keeping them aligned.
I have Trickflows now and they don't align the rockers up straight. One rocker is always cockeyed. I was told GM would do a better job at keeping them aligned.
After doing this with my TFs, they aligned just fine.
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From: Sandhills of NC
Great tip! Thanks, I'll try this before replacing them then.
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^^^Yep. My rockers align fine too, just took a few extra min to get them set just right. Honestly they align better now than they did with GM guideplates...plus my pushrods aren't eating the Trickflows. lol
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I got my gm guide plates from summit for $3.12 a piece. After price matching them to gmpartsdirect. Came out to $24.96 total for them. That wasn't including the handling charge thing. But summit also has a 10% off coupon floating around that is good till next year sometime.
Also mine are hardened. I checked them before I stuck them on.
Also mine are hardened. I checked them before I stuck them on.
Last edited by 2fast4u88; Dec 10, 2009 at 11:39 PM.
