Valve Adjustment
So I Adjusted The Valves Exactly As It Said On The Shoebox Site. Some Of Them Just Feel Loose(not Up And Down Loose, But Spinning Between Your Fingers Loose), While Others Are Tight But Because The Valve Is Open. Is This Because The Lifters Have Bled Down? He Said Not To Go Back And Adjust Them Once Zero Lash Was Set, And I Didnt. Just Double Checking Before I Put The Manifold On.
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First, take off the caps lock.
If you are sure you did it right, test try to test fire it before you button it back up. If you think it might be wrong. Start over. If you are not too experienced in adjusting the valves, you might want to start over, anyway. After adjustment, it's common for you to be able to spin pushrods of those valves that are not open. That's why the text says to leave them alone (assuming the adjustment was done correctly). |
Thankyou shoebox. I am an auto student in Phoenix so yes you can say I am not experienced. My question again is according to the text once you feel resistance, stop and that is zero lash, correct? After all the valves are adjusted, how easily should they spin? As easily as when I adjusted them to zero lash or tighter or perhaps more loose?
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Oh, and BTW, the motor is still on the engine stand.
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Originally Posted by ascastil
(Post 5532513)
Thankyou shoebox. I am an auto student in Phoenix so yes you can say I am not experienced. My question again is according to the text once you feel resistance, stop and that is zero lash, correct? After all the valves are adjusted, how easily should they spin? As easily as when I adjusted them to zero lash or tighter or perhaps more loose?
How loose they are after you rotate the engine around and do them all is not entirely predictable or the same on every engine. Pushrods might spin, but they should not be loose. |
Originally Posted by shoebox
(Post 5532771)
When you begin to feel resistance as the text says...
How loose they are after you rotate the engine around and do them all is not entirely predictable or the same on every engine. Pushrods might spin, but they should not be loose. |
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