Why you should check your new pushrods

[BlackBaer5.0]

While assembling my engine, I picked up the pushrods and heard one rattle..ah crap.. Called comp cams , and they sent me one out no questions asked..

So I got the part the next day, and I went to put them on, I decided to take a brush to the inside of all the other pushords... all clean..

then I took a metal coathanger.. and kinda reemed them out.. just stuck it in the ends and moved it around nothing really hard ..

and this is what came loose after , bits of metal slag from them welding it..

So I called them again.. and they are sending me out 3 new ones.. but yet another weekend with no engine work..guess I should go out and play..

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[BlownFiveLiter]

Well isn't that lovely? *marks Compcams off my list of future manufacturers*

 

[LB0193]

exactly no thanks I bought trickflow pushrods and they were perfect

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

Same here. TFS heads, cam, rockers, pushrods.

 

[BlackBaer5.0]

Im not saying comp cams is bad.. hell they sent me a new one overnight... it was just the fact I found two more that got me thinking...

Why does slag get in there.. I know they weld it electrostaticly, but damn thats alot of metal .. You would think they would check for that stuff when made..

oh well..

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

It looks like it probably came from when they machined the ends, but you'd hope they'd do some sort of QA on them where that would be checked along with assuring the finished product was of acceptable quality.

 

[86bluecobra]

yikes. And I didn't check either set i installed in my truck or mustang. Least nothing has happened yet.

 

[88gt]

It looks like it probably came from when they machined the ends, but you'd hope they'd do some sort of QA on them where that would be checked along with assuring the finished product was of acceptable quality.

My thoughts exactly...Where's the "Quality Control"???

 

[MahFiVeOh]

It looks like it probably came from when they machined the ends, but you'd hope they'd do some sort of QA on them where that would be checked along with assuring the finished product was of acceptable quality.

I work in a machine shop and EVERY part we make is checked for burrs or metal filings of any kind before the stuff gets sent out.That just looked like someone wasnt doing their job correctly.

Glad you caught it before something bad happened.

 

[Blandnuts]

That sucks, good thing they backed their product up and sent new ones out. Mine sure didn't have that problem....

 

[getusummm]

Makes me like my Lunati one piece pushrods even more.

 

[87AODGT]

I went with Manley pushrods seeing as how I work there, they definately didn't have any slag in them

 

[4G-KDMP]

better to be safe than sorry.

 

[stangster50]

i dont think i would even use them..