[TR] TR2/3 - rocker shaft install

[Geo Hahn]

Angelo -

I'm no expert but I have always just rested the rockers on the tops of the
pushrods and pressed down enough to start all the nuts.  Then just
tightened them evenly letting the works settled in wherever they happened
to be.  Just be sure the pushrods are seated well in the lifters and
matching well to the rockers.

To adjust them I don't trust my memory so I use this chart which has been
in the lid of the tool chest for the last 40 years or so:

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc499/Ahwahnee18/TR3/ValveAdjust_zps606664c7.jpg

I just start wherever the engine happens to be and go through the
sequence.  The hand crank is handy but w/o one it is still pretty easy to
turn the engine in a controlled fashion by putting it in 4th and pushing on
the top of the left front tire (gives you 2:1 leverage).  Having the plugs
out helps a lot of course.

After I'm all done I go through one more cycle (two revolutions) feeling
the rockers at each setting since if something is terribly wrong it is
pretty easy to feel if one is out of adjustment compared to the others.
Only change from that chart is that I now set the exhaust valves to .012"
to give some margin of error as I take a couple of 1200 miles trips each
year at highway speed and think/hope that gives some additional protection.

Geo

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Angelo Graham <agraham at execulink.com>
wrote:

> Hello List:
> Just about to re-torque head bolts and wondering if there is a more easy
> and positive way to re- install the rocker shaft? Worried about loading the
> pushrods and possibly damaging them; also asking about an easier way to
> start setting valve clearances with all rockers backed off.
> Would leaving the engine at TDC on #1 compression before removing shaft,
> then starting here help the process?
> Looking for any tips on this job. Unfortunately, I have a solid re-cored
> rad and have lost my hand cranking feature. Have to bump & grind engine
> through the partial revolutions to find the sweet spots.
> Thanks for any guidance and tips on this one.
> Angelo Graham
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