On my '58, I had to loosen both ends of my rocker shaft (that's six whole bolts) to get the center high enough to lift the collar out of the hole in the head and slide it off the shaft. Probably best if it is loose when you replace it, too.
The tube is a slide in fit into the head on the intact end and just directs overflow oil to a hole in the head on the broken end. Incidentaly, on mine, there is a machined hole on the underside of the tube right where yours is broken.
I imagine the engine would run just fine as is--just a lot of oil squirting up onto the rocker cover.
Last edited by Kwangtzu; 06/22/2009 6:56 PM.
