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Did you decide to get your rockers rebushed and polished? It's not very expensive. The theory behind keeping the rockers in the same place has to do with the wearing of the cam and the rocker pad together over the last 25 years. Since you had the cam reground, that's now no longer relevant but you do want the rockers to be as flat as possible to make new wear patterns with your "new" cam. Check the bushes too, they will probably show some wear. The rocker shafts will also show some wear and can also be polished just like the rocker pads. Definitely consider the RSR rocker seals when reassembling the cam rack. These can develop annoying leaks for sure! They slip into the little grooves on the rocker with a little persuasion. Just make sure they don't invert as you are sliding them on.
Keep trucking... You're doing great so far!!!
Btw... If you want those aluminum parts to look new, and you don't want to buy an air compressor, drop them off at a powder coating or metal shop and ask for them to be bead blasted. All the elbow grease, mineral spirits and simple green in the world, will never get the parts to look like they will after bead blasting. And it's not that expensive.
Old 08-08-2014, 05:49 AM
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