bent pushrod

[silver1983gt5.0]

i have a bent pushrod just one i took the intake off today and thought maybe i had a stuck lifter but when i got the intake off the lifter was not stuck and i got it out with no effort at all. could it be just a spent pushrod? theres no scoring or anything anywhere that i could see. anyone got an idea please let me know i hate having my fox sleeping in the summer!!!!!!!!

 

[86bluecobra]

you could have bent it because of buzzing the engine 2 high but odds are to bend a pushrod a valve had to come in contact with something. I would check that valve make sure its not also bent.