<VV> HELP!... push rod tubes...

[Cash Case]

Thanks. It rained all afternoon and into the night so I was not able  
to check. I'll look today if it clears up. I began worrying about  
your suggestion last night. I remembered as I took the tubes out the  
first time there was just a tiny bit of silicone type rubber stuff  
around those particular tubes. I wonder how they got that stuff in  
there?
-Cash
On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:02 PM, Dan & Synde wrote:

> Hi Cash,
>
> I'd describe all the pushrod tubes I've ever installed as a "firm  
> fit".
> Usually, if properly lubed with oil or white lithium grease, I can  
> push them
> into place but it takes some effort.  They tend to "pop" into place as
> others have described.
>
> Besides everything else that has been suggested as the cause for the
> looseness, is it possible that the bores the the pushrods fit into  
> have been
> enlarged in someway?  Perhaps to clean up some damage to the bore?   
> Perhaps
> someone in the past was a little over zealous with the cleanup  
> process?
> I've had to touch up the bores on heads and blocks before and it  
> wouldn't
> take much to accidently go too far.  Just a thought, you might want  
> to check
> it with a bore gauge.
>
> Dan Kling
>
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>
>
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>
> Cash said:
>
>> I just replaced all the push rod tube o-rings on my '65 Corsa and I
>> put everything back together. Started it up. And I noticed that there
>> was still a leak. It was coming out of one of the push rod tubes I
>> just fixed. I noticed that I could move that push rod tube in and
>> out. It seemed too loose. I took the rocker arms off that cylinder
>> again and checked the o-rings and re-torqued the rocker studs.
>
>