Camshaft install tips and tricks
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===Checking clearances=== | ===Checking clearances=== | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''10. Failure to check for binding at the rocker/stud interface with stamped steel rockers.''' |
Long slot rockers are made specifically to cure this problem. Quality roller rockers with a needle bearing trunnion are as good as it gets with a stud-mounted rocker. | Long slot rockers are made specifically to cure this problem. Quality roller rockers with a needle bearing trunnion are as good as it gets with a stud-mounted rocker. | ||
| − | ''' | + | '''11. Failure to check for piston/valve clearance''' |
0.080" on the intake and 0.100" on the exhaust is considered by many to be the minimum clearance acceptable. You will probably find the closest near-miss at the exhaust valve on overlap, when the piston is chasing the exhaust valve back onto its seat. | 0.080" on the intake and 0.100" on the exhaust is considered by many to be the minimum clearance acceptable. You will probably find the closest near-miss at the exhaust valve on overlap, when the piston is chasing the exhaust valve back onto its seat. | ||
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===Engine RPM for break in=== | ===Engine RPM for break in=== | ||
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