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Re: [TR] Help! Tappet noise

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Help! Tappet noise
From: bean@warbaby.com
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:15:58 -0800
Thanks Randall. You are one of the great resources in the world of  
Triumph. Wish I had been smart enough to do this while I had the  
rocker rack off before.

In any case I have checked the springs per your instruction and no  
glory. The springs were new with the rebuild and although the test is  
subjective I can discern no difference in the force required to  
compress them. Seems like a weak spring would have showed up in the  
compression test. Of course the same could probably be said of a  
sticky lifter or valve.

Any more ideas?

> I'd check out the valve springs in that area.  Rig some sort of prybar so
> you can depress each valve in turn ... if one is noticeably easier than the
> others then it has a dead or broken spring.

> Not too hard to change the springs without pulling the head.

> Randall


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