Lifter issue ???......not so sure.

[bearsden]

okay so i had one rocker arm that quite abit of play in it.I figure there is something wrong with that lifter.put some mystery oil in to loosen it up and that didnt help.So i removed the head again and pulled the lifter.and it looks fine. no wear hardly at all.what else should i be looking for before i put this all back together??? thanks for your help.

 

[CJim7]

okay so i had one rocker arm that quite abit of play in it.I figure there is something wrong with that lifter.put some mystery oil in to loosen it up and that didnt help.So i removed the head again and pulled the lifter.and it looks fine. no wear hardly at all.what else should i be looking for before i put this all back together??? thanks for your help.

The rocker arm assembly. This is where the "wear" occurs, primarily at the cup (the contact point between the pushrod and the rocker), the adjacent end where the rocker contacts the valve stem, and the pivot (check the curved underside of the pivot as well as the running surface on the rocker.

 

[bearsden]

The rocker arm assembly. This is where the "wear" occurs, primarily at the cup (the contact point between the pushrod and the rocker), the adjacent end where the rocker contacts the valve stem, and the pivot (check the curved underside of the pivot as well as the running surface on the rocker.

I was going to replace that lifter since it was out ,should i replace the rocker arm as well? and is there anything special i should do when installing the new lifter? thanks CJim7 for the help!

 

[bearsden]

The rocker arm assembly. This is where the "wear" occurs, primarily at the cup (the contact point between the pushrod and the rocker), the adjacent end where the rocker contacts the valve stem, and the pivot (check the curved underside of the pivot as well as the running surface on the rocker.

I got the rocker arm assy ordered(thanks cjim7) and picked up the lifters I had ordered and there shorter than whats in my motor now.I checked with other parts stores and they all have the same p/n (p/n2011) so i'm wondering what i have in there? Is it an OEM thing or has anyone ran into this before?Is it going to matter that much? I would think so...

 

[harleydragon]

I have no answer on the lifters but make sure the pushrod is not bent

 

[oss]

Check the lifter against the other ones and see if any are stuck, I've come across that before.

 

[Jimbos76cj]

If there is nothing wrong with the old lifter I would re-use it. The old full of thumb was you don't want to use a new cam and old lifter and vise versa unless it's a roller cam. The idea behind this is the cam and lifter wear together and through the constant heat and cool cycles become mathed and hardened together. Don't take that as gospel.. Just a lesson I learned along the way.