Well this is demoralizing. Pictures worth a thousand words:
As you can see most of the pushrod cups are severely damaged. If you look closely you'll see one that is actually so bad that you can see through to the cardboard. What the hell could have cause this? Preload too tight? I noticed there are no locks on these. Just one Allen screw to tighten. I plan on getting new ones Monday but don't want the same thing to happen to new ones. What else do I need to check beside preload?
I know this is a dumb question but would it be a bad idea to run the car with these? I just want to fire it to make sure I didn't screw up the install.