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Sep 15, 2006 | 10:32 AM

77ford guy

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Rocker arms

Hey! I just put the rocker arms back on my 351m. I torqued them to specs, but i am a little worried about them coming loose. Is that somthing to be concerned about? Also if one did, would it damage the engine?
Thanks for help!

Sep 15, 2006 | 11:21 AM

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It makes lots of noise but if everything is clean and torqued properly they will not come loose.

Sep 16, 2006 | 10:13 AM

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As long as you spec'd out the valve clearance nothing should come loose. Also I know a lot of guys who use loctite on the rocker bolts. Me personally I swaped out the non-adjustable rocker arm set up for a CraneCam adjustable setup. I also changed cam sizes tho.

Sep 16, 2006 | 02:46 PM

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If one would happen to come off would it damage more than the rocker arm and the push rod? Thanks!

Sep 16, 2006 | 05:07 PM

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I would say push rod IMO - The rocker would simply fall aside. unless that is the rocker bolt itself got wedged into other rockers.. then I would say the other rockers.

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