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Jan 20, 2003 | 10:41 PM

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From: Needmore

rocker arm question

Putting the rocker arms back on after the valve job. Need to know how tight to tighten them. It's a 1972 302 from a car. I've heard that some you have to tighten them all the way down, then back off a quarter turn. But, when I did this it seemed to loosen them way up, so I'm not sure it's right for my application. Anyone shed some light? Thanks in advance for your help.

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Jan 20, 2003 | 11:10 PM

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rocker arm question

They're positive-stop rockers, tighten them all the way down.

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Jan 20, 2003 | 11:14 PM

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Thanks, BBB, I was hoping you'd be the one to reply. Any idea on the actual torque spec? If not I'll just use my built in torque guestimator. Thanks again for the help.

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