<VV> push rod tubes (solved I think)

[Frank DuVal]

The U should show! If you install this plate backwards, it will hold the 
push rod tubes the same (as it is a flat guide plate), but the angle of 
the push rod will be wrong, and it will rub against this plate.

Frank DuVal

On 12/13/2011 2:51 PM, Ramon Rodriguez III wrote:
> I'm pretty sure I know what I did.  It seems I managed to put some of the
> guide plates on backward.  I had forgotten they had a front and back until
> I pulled a valve cover trying to figure this out and saw the "U" showing on
> the guide plate holding in one of the leaking push tubes.  I'll go check
> the manual but I believe the U should be on the head side and not visible
> when installed.  I can see that the guide plate isn't pushing up against
> the push tubes at all.
>
> I was careful to make sure the parts all went back exactly where they were
> but didn't pay attention to which side of those things was up and which was
> down....  DOH!
>
> Ray R.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Matt Nall<patiomatt at aol.com>  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I have found that I can actually move the
>> pushrod tubes in and out a little bit, and one feels so loose at the head
>> end that you'd think there was no seal on it at all (can jiggle it back and
>> forth).
>>
>>      Are the pushrod tubes supposed to actually supposed to be sandwiched
>> tightly between the head and block or not?  I thought the rocker gizmo's
>> pressed tightly up against them but I can actually move these inboard or
>> outboard maybe 1/16th of an inch and they don't self center when I release
>> them.
>>
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>>   Yes!!  the holes are tapered.. they must be pinched by the plates...
>>
>>
>> If your plates are flat...and you don't have an extra O-ring  behind
>> them... then get more tubes.
>>
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