5.0stanger

An TDC won't necessarily be right, you have to get the lifter when it is down. Roll the motor till the rocker arm you are looking at goes up then down, then when the one right next to it start going up is when you start setting lash and preload...get it??

GaryBisiniere

ok so the one that im setting i wait for the one next to it to start to go up thats when i tighten the one im setting till the pushrod stops moving then i go 1/4 turn more

5.0stanger

yes

MadMan@TheWheel

News flash folks if your lifters a bled down, you will need to back off a 1/4 turn to leave room for the lifter to load...yes? on a hydraulic lifter that is

OnyxCobra

man, hearing all this crap makes me happy i used pedestal mount...

5.0stanger

I figured since he said his rocker arm fell off his lifter would have come up and he would be good to go. If you push the spring into the lifter before you set preload, then you will have to back it off.

5.0stanger

Its all the same, just weather you use shims or not. Pedestals are more of a pain to get right.

OnyxCobra

doesnt sound like it to me, all i had to do was measure my pushrod, install everything and torque the rockers down to spec when the cam was on base circle and that was it.

my77stang

actually no, cause the spring in the lifter will keep the top of the lifter cup at the top of the lifter, so once the pushrod touches it and you dont have any slack you just go 1/4 to 1/2 and lock 'er down.

and for the record, studs are 1,000 times better than pedestal mount for multiple reasons [8D]