Pushrod adjustment
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From: Sandy
Pushrod adjustment
I am, at best, a shade tree mechanic, but always trying to improve. I've adjusted the pushrods in my 1994 Nostalgia quite a few times and haven't had a problem until this last time. I seem to be getting a lot of top end noise. I watched a YouTube video from S&S to see if I've been doing something wrong. I've never waited for the lifter to bleed down before adjusting the other rod (on the same cylinder, of course. For instance, adjust the intake and then the exhaust.). It was unclear on the video if you need to wait for one lifter to bleed down before adjusting its opposite rod (Again, same cylinder, of course.). It doesn't seem like this would be necessary, but is it? Thanks to all.
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Clarification - I hope
Right. What I meant to say is that once I've adjusted, say, the intake pushrod on the front cylinder I don't need for the lifter to bleed down before adjusting the exhaust pushrod, right?
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It will sound like valve clatter.
My `89 has over 140k on it and it is very quiet (EV27 cam and OEM pushrods). I replaced the bushing (actually the entire cam cover) at about 90k, I didn`t really notice how much clatter there was, until it was gone.
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