Rocker Arms shaft
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Rocker Arms shaft
Aftear taking a few of them apart and laying them on flat surface notice that they bent, And was wondering if there are any leeway on how much they are allow to be bent, also while taking a few of them apart notice they some of the shaft our machine diffrent, Some where drill with 2 holes and some drill with 2 holes and also sloted. any thoughts on this , Thanks in advance
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Rocker Arms shaft
The shafts are known for bending at the end, this will have and effect on the outer valves and will cause faster wear. FE shafts are one of the weaker parts and Harland Sharp makes some thick walled shafts and several others make end supports because they are one area that needs help for racing.
For everyday type use < 5500 rpm and near stock cam/springs the stock ones are fine.
The solid cams got one hole per and the hyd cams got two per. I run a hyd cam and one hole per.
I'd say no bending is within spec, this would cause the rocker to not sit straight and faster wear.
Napa sells new shafts for $25 ea.
For everyday type use < 5500 rpm and near stock cam/springs the stock ones are fine.
The solid cams got one hole per and the hyd cams got two per. I run a hyd cam and one hole per.
I'd say no bending is within spec, this would cause the rocker to not sit straight and faster wear.
Napa sells new shafts for $25 ea.
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Rocker Arms shaft
Went to Napa today and they wanted 84.00 for new shafts, Also stated that wanted the old shaft to rebuilt, it seems strange that wanted the old one to rebuilt, Going to have some people to look at them to see if they can machine some new one, One other ??? I have is if the inside dia. can it be smaller or not, thanks again for any input.
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