Every 1600 rocker shaft I disassembled was worn out, probably due to the
materials being incompatable with each other. I bought sets from each of
Fairlady Products and Stan Chernoff and I was very happy with each.
Replace it and you'll even get better performance :) and a quieter motor.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <eddie@ratdat.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:02 PM
Subject: Rocker shaft wear
> Hi all,
>
> I've been tinkering with the 1600 again, this time to get it running
nicely.
> First job was to make the valve train a little quieter so I warmed it up
and
> set about adjusting it. The rockers on #1 cylinder seem to have an awful
lot
> of sideways movement in them...that is you can grab them and twist left
and
> right. The rest are not bad. So, I'm assuming I must have a big load of
wear
> in the shaft at the front end. The motor has about 80,000 miles on it so
I'm
> wondering is this common of the result of years of neglect?
>
> Second question is does anybody have one they could sell me and send it
> across the pond?
>
> Despite it still having a bit too much valve train noise I have got it
> purring nicely now. Just a few bits of rotted rubber to replace and the
> calipers to fix and I'm on the road. It should have been done a month ago
> but I got distracted by other Datsun projects :-)
>
> Eddie Rattley
> www.ratdat.com
> 1969 - Datsun 2000
> 1969 - Datsun 1600 nearly there!
>
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