| Re: Rocker help |
Subject: Re: Rocker help by anesthes on 2009/3/27 12:26:59 Quote:
Depends on if you ask the guy who works the parts counter at the local discount auto parts store, or the guy who owned a shop for 10+ years. I like to do hydraulic hot. On a lot of GM applications, when the motor is cold and you start it up the rockers will tick. As parts expand and lifters pump up it takes up the slack. When adjusting cold, you might be tempted to tighten the rockers too much to get rid of the tick. When the motor gets hot, you might have exhausted all the preload in the lifter resulting in hanging the valve open a hair. Some guys own two vehicles at most, and adjust valves once or twice every 3 years. Other guys do it a couple times a week or more depending on the work load at the shop. And you never want to trust the guys who sell you parts, if they were capable they would be the guys INSTALLING parts.. Think about it.. -- Joe |
