Or you could use this..... http://www.zddplus.com/index.htm

 

Whats the best way to clean roller lifters? or.... buy New ones?

Dump Dump... lol more $$$$

 

i actually thought tou don't need any of those with roller cams. flat tappet only requirement.
Could be wrong though

 

I think gwb's comment was directed more at how to live with a flat-tappet cam as an alternative to going roller.


Norm

 

How 'dirty' are they? You should be able to clean them out with carb cleaner or chem-dip.

 

They just look alittle dirty. Brownish. I will degrease them and see how they look!

 

Carb cleaner or Chem-Dip should work fine. Don't use a wire brush.

 

if you want to do it right, you need to disassemble the lifters and clean them. here's some pics of my flat tappets that i did, the guts are basically the same - as is the procedure. with a roller cam you do not need to worry about keeping each lifter in order and the guts will interchange without a problem.

just pop the little retaining clip out and the guts should all come out of the lifter. then clean in gas/carb cleaner/whatever your using. when you reassemble you just squeeze the guts down in a vice and pop the clip back in. when your all done you should be able to take a pushrod, push down on the lifters and they should be springy/squishy.

 

Thanks Norm, that's exactly what I meant. I use that stuff in my 302 (flat tappets). No problems to date....somebody find me some wood to knock on please!

 

Sounds good. My lifters dirty color look like yours. I wil ltry to pull apart and clean them up! Carb Cleaner!