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Re: Interesting valvegear stuff

To: alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Interesting valvegear stuff
From: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 21:54:38 EDT
Jarrid,
    Very good advice.  My machinist has a special fixture on his Sioux 
machine to correctly reprofile the rocker arm tips, and the thought of doing 
them on a belt sander makes me shudder.
    Also, there is usually a wear pattern on the sides of the rocker arms 
from the direct contact of the coil springs between them.  Sometimes it is a 
significant "step" and the springs follow the motion of the rocker arms, 
winding up and relaxing with each opening and closing.  I refinish the sides 
of the rocker arms myself and install hardened shims to isolate the springs 
from the rocker arms.  
Jim Leach   PTC  Seattle

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