<VV> Noisy Lifters
Mike McCrae
mmccrae6 at cox.net
Wed Jun 25 22:36:23 EDT 2014
Mike, were these the stock nuts, or Polylocks for the rollers...?
Mike McCrae
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From: mike & bev mann via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:04 PM
To: Ray Davis
Cc: Virtual Vairs
Subject: Re: Noisy Lifters
A few years back I got some bad valve adjustment nuts from Clarks and no
matter how we adjusted the lifters after a period of time they would start
to clatter. Finally figured it out but it drove me nuts inbetween-mike mann
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Ray Davis via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
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> First of all, I am no mechanic or even a shade tree wrench turner! I have
> some experience with lifters as in replacing o-rings. I can replace some
> parts and do tune-ups. Several years ago the motor in my rampside came
> apart on I-85 in North Carolina. There was an article in the March 2008
> Communique on that epic adventure.
>
> As a result Allen Bristow rebuilt the motor while Frank DuVal looked on
> and gave technical advice and I cleaned parts. The lifters would not stay
> adjusted from the get go. Allen adjusted them a couple of times and
> called
> in Frank (who had better hearing). Frank adjusted and still they did not
> stay adjusted. A call was made to Clark's who suggested some how the
> rocker arms must be from an old batch that were not within specs. They
> asked me to return them and they would send new ones. I sent them back
> but
> took ones off a spare motor I had. We installed the ones off the spare
> motor, adjusted them and have not had a problem since. I have no idea if
> the ones off the spare motor were original, NOS or other. That motor was
> rebuilt in the late 60s and has about 40,000 miles on it. Ray Davis
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