mr.belvedere
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- Jul 20, 2008
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- eagle mills, new york
So the original set of rockers and shafts on this 440 were in tough shape. Some bent pushrods, lots of scoring and some peening on valve stem end. Just a good idea to replace. MP HD rockers gone the way of the dodo, and Sealed Power ones back-ordered, and according to them, about to be phased out. So I ordered a set of USA made Elgins, as they were used in a few stock-type magazine rebuilds, which is what this is. Stock cam, single springs. Well, all the left side rockers looked good. The right side rockers all seemed to have the oil hole in the pushrod socket drilled too high. Like almost in the center, rather than in the bottom of the socket toward the shaft. And not in a consistent spot either. One wasn't even drilled! So I thought maybe they were seconds. Called the vendor, they sent me another 8 rockers from a different batch. Same deal. But at least they were all drilled, and in the same spot. Should I run these? Or is the oil hole too high? I dont want to burn up the tips of the pushrods from oil starvation. What do you guys think?