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Old 02-15-2011, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by layback40 View Post
What are you going to do if you leave it how it is? in a few hundred k miles you will have rockers & cam lobes that have un-worn high ridges on the edges. I guess you could then get the engine rebuilder to grind them down.
Yeah it is pants - I'm still deciding. After butchering the short axle shaft / spindle for the rocker arms - trying to get it to fit over cylinders 4 and 5 (WHICH IS WRONG!!!! <= added for others!) - I've got another one on order.

When I get that I'll be back fiddling again.

Perhaps I should turn this thread into a pole:-

Should I grind metal and add spacers for better fitting rocker arms?

OR

Should I leave it alone?
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