pushrod help
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pushrod help
i have just installed new cams with se adjustable pushrods. i got everything installed and when it came to put the top push rod clip in, it wont fit. i changed my orings and there only one set so there no doubling up. i have checked and double checked to fix the problem and no luck as of yet. any advice on putting in top clip. thanks for the help
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Do not pry against a cooling fin to force the retainer in!
Somewhere I've seen a tool to install the clip, but I don't know the source.
I use a screwdriver at the bottom of the clip and the top of the spring collar and carefully lever it in place. With new seals it is usually hard to get the clip in. You will have to use a finger behind the p-rod cover and thumb on the clip front to help guide the clip while levering with the screwdriver. Once it is over the spring collar you might have to tap it "home" for final positioning.
Don't use the loop in the clip to install or remove. Place the edge of a screwdriver behind the clip edge along the lower end of the clip and pull towards you to remove the retainer clip.
Luck to ya,
Krutch
Somewhere I've seen a tool to install the clip, but I don't know the source.
I use a screwdriver at the bottom of the clip and the top of the spring collar and carefully lever it in place. With new seals it is usually hard to get the clip in. You will have to use a finger behind the p-rod cover and thumb on the clip front to help guide the clip while levering with the screwdriver. Once it is over the spring collar you might have to tap it "home" for final positioning.
Don't use the loop in the clip to install or remove. Place the edge of a screwdriver behind the clip edge along the lower end of the clip and pull towards you to remove the retainer clip.
Luck to ya,
Krutch
i have just installed new cams with se adjustable pushrods. i got everything installed and when it came to put the top push rod clip in, it wont fit. i changed my orings and there only one set so there no doubling up. i have checked and double checked to fix the problem and no luck as of yet. any advice on putting in top clip. thanks for the help
Make sure none of the old seals stuck up in the head.
GL It gets easier the 2nd time around.
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I got one of these and it can't be any easier:
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...%C2%AE?ref=sho
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...%C2%AE?ref=sho
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yes i counted them and placed them in the disgard bucket when i pulled them and i then used a screwdriver to make sure they were seated in the bottom of the head. orings came with the kit and it appears 1/2 to 3/4 to long from what i remeber, im currently at work and cant check right now
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Revisit the "look" on what the final assembly is to look like.... I'll wager green money you dont have the tube assembled correctly. Just sayin' I seen it done twice. You get forceful and you'll be bleeding or you'll bend the clip. Those clips fit a hole lot easier that one believes......if its super tough, the tube is assembled wrong.
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I got one of these and it can't be any easier:
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...%C2%AE?ref=sho
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...%C2%AE?ref=sho
Make sure the top section of the pushrod cover is inserted firmly into the head or the clip will never go on. Been there, cursed a lot and done that. Once it was inserted properly, the clip went on without an issue.
I got one of these and it can't be any easier:
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...%C2%AE?ref=sho
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/...%C2%AE?ref=sho