[TR] Serious rocker arm misalignment with pishrod

[Paul Dorsey]

Thanks for the tip! I guess spinning the pushrod helps while youlift it
slowly.



On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 3:44 PM Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> > would be the time to check if that pushrod was straight.  But
> > to be careful not to dislodge it's tappet.  Question: isin't
> > the tappet held in place?  How could it be dislodged?
> > Maybe my biggest challenge is remembering how to set the
> > valves after this.  Isin't there an accepted procedure of how
> > to do this somewhere on the internet? What about a list of
> > torque settings?
>
> The tappet rides in a bore in the block; the pushrod is the only thing that
> keeps it from coming up out of the bore.  If you lift the pushrod rapidly,
> the puddle of oil in the lifter can cause it to come up with the pushrod.
> Then it falls off, but lands sideways and won't go back into the bore.
>
> I have managed to fiddle them back into place, but usually the head has to
> come off.
>
> Torque settings (most of them) in the front of the workshop manual.  The
> PDF
> version I linked to before also has a service note (but I think it has all
> the same torque values).
>
> -- Randall
>
>
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