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Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: Roadrunner on March 05, 2014, 02:37:27 PM

Title: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Roadrunner on March 05, 2014, 02:37:27 PM: 7 rockers are hitting the valve stem on the far left side. Switch brands and the problem goes away.

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Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Six-Oh-Nine on March 06, 2014, 02:37:08 PM: As with all "bolt on" replacement parts... you got to read the fine print: "Results may vary..." ??? ??? :banghead:
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: beerjet on March 07, 2014, 05:08:00 PM: Quote from: Six-Oh-Nine on March 06, 2014, 02:37:08 PM
As with all "bolt on" replacement parts... you got to read the fine print: "Results may vary..." ??? ??? :banghead:
If anything is ever a working and functioning "bolt on" .... I'm completely blown away.

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Six-Oh-Nine on March 07, 2014, 06:51:42 PM: Quote from: beerjet on March 07, 2014, 05:08:00 PM
If anything is ever a working and functioning "bolt on" .... I'm completely blown away.

-beerjet-

Only "bolt-ons" I've ever had any luck with were a set of 34dd's. >:D

But then again... what those were attached to, gave me headaches. :banghead:
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: beerjet on March 07, 2014, 06:55:35 PM: Quote from: Six-Oh-Nine on March 07, 2014, 06:51:42 PM

Only "bolt-ons" I've ever had any luck with were a set of 34dd's. >:D

But then again... what those were attached to, gave me headaches. :banghead:
Ha ha ha!
No fockin doubt about that!

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Havasukona455 on March 07, 2014, 08:49:30 PM: Quote from: Six-Oh-Nine on March 07, 2014, 06:51:42 PM

Only "bolt-ons" I've ever had any luck with were a set of 34dd's. >:D

But then again... what those were attached to, gave me headaches. :banghead:

I hear ya man. My chick got a set of double ds for her birthday. Year and half later my daughter was born

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Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on March 07, 2014, 09:22:12 PM: a wise man told me this once...

"the more you spend, the worse it fits" - Ralph Brunt
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Roadrunner on March 08, 2014, 12:25:36 AM: Shhhhhh! There are some tt's over there!
Rodney Carrington - Titties & Beer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgyeshD8RJY#)
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: GT Jets on March 08, 2014, 01:09:24 AM: Did you torque the studs with oil on the threads and dry hex head?

You have t set the guide plates up to align the rods to the rocker path. I have literally had to make a tool that is a lot like a spoke wrench to "tweak" the vertical portion of the guide plate to get them to work.

If you torqued them dry (with oil on the threads) it sometimes straightens them right out while being torqued.

This is not an uncommon issue, with anybody's plates. My Comp set did the same thing.

Also, were the holes the right size? they are supposed to be like an 1/8" larger than the stud shank.

GT
Title: Re: Thank you Manley for horrible rocker geometry
Post by: Roadrunner on March 08, 2014, 09:30:32 AM: Hi GT! Yes and yes. 049 stock iron heads, stock GM studs, 3/8 pushrods, and 3/8 guides. Everything was oiled. I had almost no adjustment in the guideplates. I torqued to 50 lb ft. I put the stockers back in and everything lined up perfectly.

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