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Roller Rocker Swap

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Old Skooler

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So the PO installed a seat of scorpion rockers w/ 5/16 studs so as a result I snapped a few studs about a month ago. I since bought a set of ARP 7/16 studs with gold comp cam 1.6 rockers. I swapped out the studs and tonight in going to put the rockers on. Now this may seem like a basic questions but are there any special tips for installing them. Seems straight forward. This is the first car ive ever really wrenched on so im learning as I go so if there are tips it would be helpfu
 

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make sure the needle bearing is centered on the valve stem and be sure to set the valve lash unloaded.
 

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For stud mount rockers it's not as easy as just bolting them on and torqing them down like the pedastal style rockers...you'll need to rotate the motor to close the valves on the rockers that you are installing, then you can tests the lash....
 
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