Hey guys, I'm almost done doing my head swap. Well I was putting on my roller rockers and adjusting them. I was rotating the motor by hand using the balancer in the clockwise direction. I just got done adjusting the driver's side roller rockers. I moved to the passenger side, before I could even adjust the first set of roller rockets, while I was rotating the motor I heard this pinging noise. I felt the vibration in my hand, since I was holding the ratchet on the balancer.

So I just stopped so I don't to any damage if it's a bad thing. Did I just mess something up? What's the noise I'm hearing?

 

Anyone know what the noise can be?

 

mabe a lifter turned causing the retainer to lift against the spider? Did the motor stop turning?

 

No, the motor did not stop turning, and I don't think I felt any resistance. It's hard to tell because the rockers were opening and closing on the driver's side.

 

could be a pushrod fell out of it's pocket in the rocker. could be just a normal sound of the valves opening, (they sound like....soap bubbles popping....).

sharp ping sound though I'd wager something like the pushrod pushing against a rocker that has not been adjusted yet and it is binding.

But the fix is to eye-ball everything you just installed and certainly you'll see what could be causing the sound.

Karl