Thread: 1.9 modified rocker installation

Originally Posted by 01GTP

Mine sat right on the pedestal when I put them on. Make sure You have everything sitting right.

Any ideas on what could cause it because everything looks right. Could it be the springs I used?

Originally Posted by rolyat

Any ideas on what could cause it because everything looks right. Could it be the springs I used?

Do you have the modified pedistals?

Originally Posted by silverstreak

Do you have the modified pedistals?

Yeah, but those just have a larger groove for the pushrod.

I guess I'm just having a misunderstanding of how hydraulic lifters work. One rocker will be making slight contact with the pedistal while another one won't be close. So the pushrods are at different points. So what I'm getting is you can just torque them all down as it is and it will compress the lifter and torque the rocker, or you can put each cylinder on TDC and the rocker will make full contact with the pedistal so the torquing process will be more accurate. Is this right or am I way off?
BTW I'm using reusable bolts not TTY.

I guess nobody knows, I'll just torque them all down and hope for the best....

Finally got it all back together and it definintely gave it more power and my KR is down to .6*, but that's with a stock pulley. One of the lifters is tapping and I think it might have been tapping before but not as loud. Im pretty sure I got them all torqed down so does that mean bad lifter?