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hardned pushrod egg shaped on the end

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94GT347

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I'm chasing a valvetrain noise, so I'm checking for a loose rocker, or something out of place. I spin the pushrods and find one that will only go about 90* in each direction and stops. WTF? I pull it out and come to the conclusion that the rocker end of one of the pushrods isn't round anymore. It's become egg shaped.
I re-used these RR's from a previous motor and they've have allot of miles on them, but the bearings felt good, so I re-ran them. The cup on this one rocker doesn't look damaged, so I'm kind of scrathing my head over it.

Anyone had this happen to them?
 
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Mike92GT

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I've had this happen to me (it's bent) What kind of pushrods are they? I replaced mine with a set of TFS Chromemoly, they are much more substantial.
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