[Healeys] Rocker Arm Bushings

[Alan Seigrist]

www.rockerarms.com will never screw this one up!  I just had my rocker arms
done by them for the A90 and the work he did was nothing less than a work of
art.



On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Ghess4 <ghess4 at cox.net> wrote:

> Hello Norman,
> I recall that you mentioned a couple of years ago that some rocker arm
> bushings are being found with the groove machined in a full 360 degrees
> manner.  Those bushings are still showing up and may be overlooked by the
> machinist or shop doing the work.  I had my rocker shaft replaced and arms
> rebushed by a shop in El Cajon and the person doing the work apparently
> wasn't
> aware that a bushing made that way will result in a spurt of oil several
> feet
> high out of the top of the rocker!!
>
> This isn't a failure on the road but it can cause a lot of oil feed back
> into
> the breather or down the valve guides with eventually much smoke and much
> consternation and trouble shooting on the part of someone who just had the
> rockers and shaft rebuilt before heading out for a long trip.
>
> Thanks for your always useful and money saving tips.  I look forward to you
> tech session at the conclave.