Generally best way to set stud mount rockers?

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SVTFreak

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What method do you guys use that works for you? I usually tighten till pushrod drags then lock em down but tonight I had multiple rockers on a friends car making noise. Even after tightening another 1/8th, one still slapped a little till it warmed up. I been doing it that way for years and it failed me!

How do yall do it?

 

Tanus

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once the push rod has no more up & down play, I go 1/2 turn

 

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Zero lash plus 1/2-5/8 of a turn. Put down your beer and go try it again :=) ("01:38 AM" post time)

 

TC93

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When I do them, I make sure the oil system in primed.. Then get the valves closed on the cylinder I am setting,, Set preload to zero lash; no up & down movement with slight drag when you spin it, then 1/2 turn and lock them down....

 

dragin92gt

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crack E set I
when I starts to close set E

i set them when you feel the pushrod get tention on it. then 1/2 a turn





E=exhaust
I= intake

 

67coupe

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Same as dragin92gt, except 1/4 of turn. The key is finding zero lash. Some people prefer the up/down method. Some like rotating pushrod until drag is felt.

I prefer the drag method. The instant I feel drag, go 1/4 turn and lock. Mine have been set for 70,000 miles. Haven't had to re-adjust, still quiet as first day.

 

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Dec 21, 2009

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Thanks all. Looks like i was on the wrong side of drag then.

Maybe its just been awhile and i forgot how i used to do it lol.

BTW, we wasnt drinking then. Cant say that about when we took her apart tho lol.

 

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Dec 21, 2009

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x2 on the spin, feel the drag and go one more half turn method here.

Probably leaves them on the loose side, but I have a set in my 82 that has not been reset in 10 years.