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Old Jul 4, 2020 | 08:41 AM
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Many moons ago, I installed a set of Crane solid lifters with adjustable pushrods. Fast forward about 2 decades, and a pushrod has broken on the threaded adjustable part. Appears as if the lock nut backed off, and the rod bounced around. Long story short, I need a pushrod, or set of pushrods, but can't find the crane rods anywhere. There was a set on eBay, and they took my money, only to send me a note ten minutes later saying they didn't have that in stock and was now obsolete. Of course there are loads of adjustable pushrods, but they are usually for the tappet conversion and I expect will be too short. It's the rear intake valve for what it's worth. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

Oh, yes, It's a 1982 FXWG. Has an Andrews B cam, hence the solid lifter setup.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2020 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by zealander
Many moons ago, I installed a set of Crane solid lifters with adjustable pushrods. Fast forward about 2 decades, and a pushrod has broken on the threaded adjustable part. Appears as if the lock nut backed off, and the rod bounced around. Long story short, I need a pushrod, or set of pushrods, but can't find the crane rods anywhere. There was a set on eBay, and they took my money, only to send me a note ten minutes later saying they didn't have that in stock and was now obsolete. Of course there are loads of adjustable pushrods, but they are usually for the tappet conversion and I expect will be too short. It's the rear intake valve for what it's worth. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

Oh, yes, It's a 1982 FXWG. Has an Andrews B cam, hence the solid lifter setup.
you need to post a picture of your lifter

also the push rod and its length have some odd crane maybe i can help

but i need to see what you have
 
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Old Jul 6, 2020 | 09:45 PM
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What John said we need pictures, good chance one of us will have something or can steer you to it.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2020 | 10:07 PM
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If it comes down to it call up Tatro Machine,I bet he’s got it somewhere in that shop.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2020 | 06:21 AM
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Haven’t pulled the gear cover off yet... snapped these, maybe they’ll be of little help. Will pull it apart this week.


 
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Default Easy fix after some digging around.

Couldn’t find replacement crane rods. S&S Evo “timesaver” rods worked like a charm. And I didn’t have to pull the gear cover.
 
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