roller rocker failure
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Burning Brakes
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From: NewCastle IN. USA
roller rocker failure
anybody else have this happen?
found parts of a half-round shaped ring on the magnetic drain plug today :eek:
turns out that it was part of the bearing retainer on the compcam's stainless roller rocker arm. (its the lip that holds the needle bearings inside) broke off kinda flush with the rocker arm, the needle bearings were all still inside and seem in good shape. looks like it only happened to this one side of one rocker arm. so far the others look OK.
Engine is/was running fine, so hopefully all I have to do is find the missing bit's and replace a rocker.
RJ
found parts of a half-round shaped ring on the magnetic drain plug today :eek:
turns out that it was part of the bearing retainer on the compcam's stainless roller rocker arm. (its the lip that holds the needle bearings inside) broke off kinda flush with the rocker arm, the needle bearings were all still inside and seem in good shape. looks like it only happened to this one side of one rocker arm. so far the others look OK.
Engine is/was running fine, so hopefully all I have to do is find the missing bit's and replace a rocker.
RJ
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From: Renton Wa
Re: roller rocker failure (Lt1er)
Are you refering to the C clips that hold in the center bearings on the rockers? if so I wonder if this is more of an apparent issue. Cause Crane used to do theirs the same way, but just recently they changed to a pressed in bearing. At least thats how mine showed up.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2000
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From: NewCastle IN. USA
Re: roller rocker failure (WashingtonRacer)
Are you refering to the C clips that hold in the center bearings on the rockers? if so I wonder if this is more of an apparent issue. Cause Crane used to do theirs the same way, but just recently they changed to a pressed in bearing. At least thats how mine showed up.
beats me.
I'm going to replace half of them and go up to 1.6 ratio on the intake (might as well up the power if possible) hopefully it was just a fluke.
