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Old Jun 2, 2025 | 03:43 PM
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What do you guys make of this rocker housing? Rear cylinder is the one that looks much worse. And my actual rear cylinder sleeve looked pretty bad too. Posted that in a thread a few days ago.

 
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Old Jun 3, 2025 | 11:50 AM
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Where's the crack?
 
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Old Jun 3, 2025 | 12:28 PM
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In the first picture
 
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Old Jun 3, 2025 | 01:27 PM
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Whats the other side look like?
 
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Those are just casting marks.
 
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Originally Posted by shea07flhx
In the first picture

Looks like this.. Probably means the die wasn't completely up to temp.. First set on a Monday? I have a set of lowers rockers that are clean but if you look at the tops, they like have a mottled look to hide the casting issue.




 
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Originally Posted by CoolBreeze3646
Those are just casting marks.
^^^^^ this
 
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Those are just casting marks.
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