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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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A friend of mine who owns an 08 just found out that two of his rocker arms were loosing their bearings. I know this was an issue with the Z06 but hadn't heard of this with the LS3. Is this a known issue with the LS3?
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I don't know if it's an issue with the LS3, but it's been around a very long time.

I owned a 1998 Trans Am with the LS1. Needle bearings fell out of one of the rocker arms way back then.

1998 was the 1st year for the LS1 in the F-Body cars, and only the 2nd year for the Corvettes, so the problem has been around a long time.

Here is a long thead (661 replies) about rocker arm bearings and the LS series engines:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...ngs-issue.html
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