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Labor Day Putting down your wrenches or time for MORE wrenching? 
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Mod | | | Forums66 Topics128,005 Posts1,055,260 Members48,418 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | Since the rocker shafts only wear on the bottom, the shade tree fix used to be to turn them upside down. That puts the lube holes in the wrong position, so it was a temporary fix at best. Since I grind the shafts to a smaller diameter, the wear is usually a moot point. Ditto for the rockers- - - - -the Torrington bearing housings require the rockers to be reamed about .060", so any wear there is also removed.
A valve train worn that badly is a pretty good sign of little or no oil flow to the top end. Be sure to find and fix the oil supply problem, or you'll just be putting a band aid on a brain tumor! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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