<VV> Re: worn rocker balls

[Dave Morris]

LOL!  Well, there you go.  Without you guys I could have spent an extra 
half hour on every engine trying to line up the pushrod hole with the 
rocker arm hole because GM didn't 'splain things correctly.  I guess a 
picture would have been worth a thousand words.  I thought I remembered 
reading that in Finch's book too... maybe not.

Dave Morris


At 02:32 AM 1/5/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>BigD@davemorris.com writes:
>
>If you
>don't position the little "spit hole" on the pushrod so it's aiming at the
>ball, I suppose it would cause premature wear.
>
>
>
>Dave,
>The pushrod rotates all the time the engine is running so it doesn't mater
>where
>the hole in the side of the pushrod is aiming during assembly.  It  will come
>around
>to align with the hole in the rocker on each rotation and lube the rocker
>ball
>properly.  In the shop manual where it says to make sure the hole in  the
>side of
>the pushrod is at the top, it's referring to being at the cylinder head  side
>of the
>engine.  Remember this was the first engine GM built and the tech  writers
>think of
>the heads as being at the top of the engine.  It is very important to  lube
>the balls
>during assembly.  I prefer Moly Assembly Lube.
>
>Ed Corson  (CORSA Member)
>IECC
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