<VV> Failure of original, GM rocker arms

[MarK Durham]

Yet on my 62-102 4 speed from 1966 thru 1972 my car was sold with 220k
miles on it and one overhaul at 115k miles due to a cam gear failure. I
replaced balls but the rockers were never replaced.
The point here is people who use their cars a lot the ball to rocker area
gets plenty of splash lubrication, but today where most cars sit more than
drive that splash lubrication squeezes out and there is more  chance of dry
startups there than anywhere else in the engine .
It is imperative to use the best oil available and drive your cars.

Mark Durham Hauser Idaho
62 2Door Coupe 4speed Red/Red
On Aug 10, 2014 6:10 PM, "wrsssatty--- via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> My big sis bought a '63 Monza 102 new and I recall her having to replace
> rocker arms twice.  She traded it in Aug. '68 so this would have happened
> before then and the car was relatively low mileage although out of
> warranty.  I was only around 9 years old so I was even less mechanically
> savvy then than now.  All I recall is a knocking/tapping noise and the
> mechanics at the local Esso telling her she needed a new rocker arm.  My
> point is that the original, GM rocker arms did fail, sometimes at low
> mileage and when a lot newer than they are today.
>
>
> ~Bill Stanley
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