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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 06:02 PM
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I was talking to a friend who said that on a hydraulic cam if you adjusted the rocker arms too tight it could cause some vibration, any body know if this might be true? The reason I ask is last summer one of my Crane roller rockers was making noise and the local shop tightened them and adjusted them for me. No its got me thinking how tight is too tight.......
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 07:00 PM
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The only vibration that can be caused by the rockers set to tight is the valve not closing completely causing the engine to miss.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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The only vibration that can be caused by the rockers set to tight is the valve not closing completely causing the engine to miss.
:iagree:
Most of the time it wont even run.
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Check your idle bleeder screws.
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Old Feb 5, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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Check your idle bleeder screws.
I think he's talking about the ones on the carb...
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The only vibration that can be caused by the rockers set to tight is the valve not closing completely causing the engine to miss.
:iagree: This will ruin your cam too. Don't ask me how I know :banghead:
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