Greetings,
How important is the condition of pushrods in my 1959 235ci providing they are straight? This week I'm installing new rocker arms and rocker arm shafts. I pulled out the pushrods to clean them and found some rust and pitting. After soaking them in a rust remover and rubbing them down with some 0000 steel wool the rust is gone and I'm left with pitting but they appear to straight. My mechanic friend barked at me explaining any abrasive is a no-no and if I'm smart I will promptly buy a dozen sparkly clean new pushrods at $20 each. (implying some kind of delicate balance/ or weight issue with rubbing off maybe .000002 milligrams of pushrod material.
FYI these are the 11 & 1/4 inch pushrods...proving difficult to locate....as is much of the valve train at reasonable prices.
Any opinions?
Thanks!
