Rockers too high on the studs?
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Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
I probably didn't describe that well (sleep deprived here too). 7.750" with the plunger fully depressed. On a 3/8"-24 stud, 1 turn of the adjuster should equal approx .042"...so to fully depress the plunger was 2 1/4 turns, thus 2.25x.042" equals .0945". So my thinking here is that with about 1 turn of lifter preload (I actually don't run mine that tight), .0945"-.042"=0.0525", so I would need about a .050 to .070" shorter pushrod to make everything right.
Or...I may be WAY off base here
Realistically, I shouldn't be working on this thing at all right now...too many distractions and a major shake up at home, but that is a story for another time...so no reason for you or anybody to feel bad. I know better...my head just hasn't been in the game and I keep finding myself making stupid mistakes with everything lately.
Or...I may be WAY off base here
Realistically, I shouldn't be working on this thing at all right now...too many distractions and a major shake up at home, but that is a story for another time...so no reason for you or anybody to feel bad. I know better...my head just hasn't been in the game and I keep finding myself making stupid mistakes with everything lately.
Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
The best way to see exactly how your rocker is contacting the tip with a hydraulic lifter as it goes through the sweep/lift range is to pull the guts out of one lifter and pack it with washers to get the plunger where it will be at running condition.travis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:33 am One BIG brain fart I did when checking with the PBM rockers was not accounting for the lifter plunger collapsing (too many distractions), so any previous numbers was basically garbage...
With the Scorpion rockers in place, using the Straub method mentioned earlier in this post, at .272" valve lift (1/2 max lift), I get a length of 7.750" when testing in .050" increments. But...there is also the lifter plunger bottomed out which is 2 1/4 turns down from 0 lash, which on a 3/8" stud calculates to .0945". So...7.700" should be about right, correct?
Get rid of your checking spring and install a stock soft spring ... this will put some poundage on your whole rocker set up. My mantin p rod checkers handle the pressure just fine
Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
The roller wheel on a lifter could only skid or turn in one direction, so not the same discussion really since the wheel on the rocker swipes the tip in one direction during opening and the other during closingMadBill wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:32 pmAs with solid roller lifters discussions, the rationale re spin/skid ratios for roller tip rockers is compelling, but AFAIK, data is lacking. With all the high speed photography and strobe videos on the net, surely someone has posted one showing roller tip action in sufficient detail to make or break the case?gmrocket wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:45 pm..
Yep, the thought that the wheel rotates back and forth as it travels up and down , does not happen.
For one, at upper upper rpm's. There isn't enough time to rotate back and forth, if you have that happening, you have major friction between tip and wheel . It skids on the return to seat journey, and will rotate/skid on the opening
The lifter wheel accelerates or decelerates and skids only in the one direction
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Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
That's it..you can clearly see it rotating in the one direction it would during opening, sweeping across the top .Kevin Johnson wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2020 12:56 amMadBill wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:32 pmAs with solid roller lifters discussions, the rationale re spin/skid ratios for roller tip rockers is compelling, but AFAIK, data is lacking. With all the high speed photography and strobe videos on the net, surely someone has posted one showing roller tip action in sufficient detail to make or break the case?gmrocket wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:45 pm..
Yep, the thought that the wheel rotates back and forth as it travels up and down , does not happen.
For one, at upper upper rpm's. There isn't enough time to rotate back and forth, if you have that happening, you have major friction between tip and wheel . It skids on the return to seat journey, and will rotate/skid on the opening
You can see the wheel rotate.
Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
I agree with this, except I can't figure out how to get the plunger out of these. How do you get the plunger out past the part that holds the link bar to the lifter body?
Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
You can't. Get a single non link lifter & use that shimmed to the height you need.
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Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
I had an issue with Canfield heads and Scorpion rockers. The issue was the push rods were touching the rockers. I had to relieve a small area there. Your push rod looks real close to the trunion. The pic made me think of the issue I had.
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If it bottoms out that easily, just subtract the distance it compresses from the p Rod length
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Holy cow, my head really was scrambled. Yes, the lifter would not have near an inch of plunger movement. I need to get my head checked.travis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:25 am I probably didn't describe that well (sleep deprived here too). 7.750" with the plunger fully depressed. On a 3/8"-24 stud, 1 turn of the adjuster should equal approx .042"...so to fully depress the plunger was 2 1/4 turns, thus 2.25x.042" equals .0945". So my thinking here is that with about 1 turn of lifter preload (I actually don't run mine that tight), .0945"-.042"=0.0525", so I would need about a .050 to .070" shorter pushrod to make everything right.
Or...I may be WAY off base here
Realistically, I shouldn't be working on this thing at all right now...too many distractions and a major shake up at home, but that is a story for another time...so no reason for you or anybody to feel bad. I know better...my head just hasn't been in the game and I keep finding myself making stupid mistakes with everything lately.
Paul
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Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
Surely it would take a while (if ever) under load for a soft checking spring to cause any measurable leakdown of a fully oil-filled hydraulic? Plus you could check for same just by backing off the rocker and seeing if force on the pushrod can depress the button at all.
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Re: Rockers too high on the studs?
since your on the subject , is rocker geometry used the same for ford chevy and chry push rod engines ? ie should the geometry be close or at 90 degrees for both valve side and push rod side at mid lift ?