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Sterling · 01-06-2012, 10:45 PM

I'll bet you are glad that you change your own oil and were able to catch this.

SM0KE · 01-06-2012, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MileMAN402

Engine "thing"?

Thats the technical term

yotaman96 · 01-07-2012, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MileMAN402

UPDATE: finally got the valve covers off and the #7 exhaust rocker is completely done. Found a bunch more bearings but I'm still going to pull the oil pan and flush some oil through to try to get them all out.

Have to get in touch with Ted, he said he'd send me a new rocker.

Good thing you caught it when you did. It could have been much worse. The bad thing is you did the upgrade to ensure this wouldn't happen. Pulling the oil pan is not an easy job. Good luck.

camslambam · 01-07-2012, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by trnsxck

Sounds like someone left off the locking ring when they rebuilt them. They should never fall apart after they have been rebuilt properly

MileMAN402 · 01-07-2012, 08:16 AM

Just got off the phone with Kris at Jannetty's and they are going to get a new one sent out to me ASAP.

Silver2SSRS6spd · 01-07-2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by yotaman96

Pulling the oil pan is not an easy job. Good luck.

No way to get the pan out unless you pull the motor. Good luck, home the damage is contained.

trnsxck · 01-07-2012, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MileMAN402

Just got off the phone with Kris at Jannetty's and they are going to get a new one sent out to me ASAP.

BFD, what about your engine full of pins?

Are they going to foot the bill to clean the engine out of foreign contamination?

tony1 · 01-07-2012, 11:59 AM

what will each rocker have 50 bearings? .save them and count them .. then you'll at least know if there all out of the Engine!

MileMAN402 · 01-07-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by trnsxck

Sounds like someone left off the locking ring when they rebuilt them. They should never fall apart after they have been rebuilt properly

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Originally Posted by 94guy

you should find the sna ring in there some where.

Sorry, I forgot to make this clear in my last post. Both rings were still on when we removed it. Something went wrong inside the bearing and you can see the wear on the rocker where it allowed rockers to start popping out.

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Originally Posted by trnsxck

BFD, what about your engine full of pins?

Are they going to foot the bill to clean the engine out of foreign contamination?

Yeah...I didn't really ask about that but I am in the process of planning forging the internals so we'll see. Don't worry, this isn't something I will forget, but it also could have been a manufacturing defect at Comp Cams...since the rings were still on

yotaman96 · 01-07-2012, 12:03 PM

If it were mine, I'd put the new rocker on, run it for a bit, do an oil change with inexpensive oil and repeat.

MileMAN402 · 01-07-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by yotaman96

If it were mine, I'd put the new rocker on, run it for a bit, do an oil change with inexpensive oil and repeat.

Yep, the new rocker is going in, then flush the heads and pistons with oil, then put all new oil in.

I'm also going to put a magnet from a speaker on the bottom of my oil pan.

Rage · 01-07-2012, 12:16 PM

Great idea with the speaker magnet.......

A nice ******** 2lb magnet should work great....lol

MileMAN402 · 01-07-2012, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rage

Great idea with the speaker magnet.......

A nice ******** 2lb magnet should work great....lol

haha I'd rather have ******** components INSIDE my car! I'm just using a magnet from my old Jeep speakers

trnsxck · 01-07-2012, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MileMAN402

Sorry, I forgot to make this clear in my last post. Both rings were still on when we removed it. Something went wrong inside the bearing and you can see the wear on the rocker where it allowed rockers to start popping out.

Yeah...I didn't really ask about that but I am in the process of planning forging the internals so we'll see. Don't worry, this isn't something I will forget, but it also could have been a manufacturing defect at Comp Cams...since the rings were still on

I've never seen it but whats done is done. I've done a few of the rebuilds myself and you can hose them pressing them back together. Its quite easy to do actually.
I think there is 28 of the needles?
get a count on what you have to know for sure but if your taking it apart to forge it anyway then its a moot point I guess.

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