The new lifters I purchased recently from Ken at BFE each had a tiny
triangular divot at the top indicating to me that they all had been
individually hardness tested. Ken said at least 50 on the Rockwell scale,
then mentioned running @2500rpm or so for 20 minutes after initial startup,
and using proper cam lube at assembly as well. They are phosphated and have
a drainage hole drilled, cost was $11 each + s&h.
PeterK
-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Lang [mailto:mlang@easystreet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:47 AM
To: Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Regrinding TR3 lifters?
I am getting ready to drop my TR3 camshaft off at Oregon Cam Grinding Inc.
to have a stock profile regrind done on it. Normally I would install new
lifters on a reground cam, but I have read so many negative things about the
lifters that are currently available. The folks at Oregon Cam Grinding say
that they can regrind my old lifters to the proper profile for $4 each. I
have done some searches but haven't found much discussion regarding
regrinding old factory TR3 lifters. Has anyone had any good or bad
experiences with having lifters reground?
Thanks,
Mike
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