[TR] Serious rocker arm misalignment with pishrod

[David P]

I'd also remove a couple of adjacent push rods and compare the lengths.. 
possible the machine shop inserted an incorrect push rod... DaveP


On 9/4/2018 5:34 AM, DAVID MASSEY wrote:
> Not necessarily.  This happened to me once on a head I had recently 
> had rebuilt.  It worked fine for a while and then, one day, a pushrod 
> popped put, just like yours.  I loosened the rocker assembly, put 
> everything right and tightened everything back down and it has worked 
> fine ever since.  One theory offered by a local mechanic is that the 
> valve guide was a little stiff and the valve didn't close quickly 
> enough making the gap large enough to allow the pushrod to pop out.
>
> I suggest you loosen up the rocker assembly and set it back in 
> position and give it another try.
>
> Dave Massey
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 6:18 am
> Subject: Serious rocker arm misalignment with pishrod
>
> No starting it today!  I took the valve cover off and urgh one of the 
> pushrods had been seriously misaligned with it's rocker arm.This 
> engine had been rebuilt by an eengine shop
> p  (even though it might have been 15 years ago!) so I assumed it had 
> been adjusted too loose, but even after running 2 nuts itogather, I 
> still couldn't get the pushrod to go under it so I quit.
> ISTR that this might have been the reason I quit the restoration 15 
> years ago.  Im not sure if I suppose to do this, but I've sent out a 
> picture taken with my Iphone included with this email.  Can someone 
> telllll me if THISS ISthat serious or not and how to fix it,it's over 
> cyllinder two!
>
> Thanks  Paul Dorsey, shadetree mechanic on 60 TR3
>
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