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Re: Bent pushrod

To: "Ronak, TP (Timothy)" <Timothy.Ronak@AkzoNobel.com>
Subject: Re: Bent pushrod
From: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:11:45 -0400
Arnie, do you have screw in or pressed in rocker arm studs.  If pressed
in, and high stress, it may pull the stud out far enough to loosen the
rocker arm, and the push rod comes out of its location.

This does not preclude further damage, but you may be lucky.

Larry

"Ronak, TP (Timothy)" wrote:
> 
> Arnie,
> This sounds bad as pushrod failure usually does not happen unless there is
> contact with the valve to piston or some other physical contact or bind. If
> this contact did happen and you replace the pushrods it will likely miss due
> to the new tweak that you have in the valves affected. If not you were very
> lucky.
> Couple of questions: Any spirited driving like some high RPM? Is it possible
> that the Rocker bound on the rocker stud? Is it possible that the springs
> coil bound? Is the cam solid or mechanical? What is the clearance between
> the spring coils at max lift? Were they both Intake valves? Are there valve
> reliefs milled into the pistons? Did you check valve to piston clearance? Do
> you have guideplates and if so do they show any wear?
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
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