First Engine Build almost done-except rockers
Posted: April 20th, 2011, 10:34 am
Hey all,
$ forced me to scrap my stroker plan, so I sold off the crank, rods and skipped the forged pistons, but I saved a few parts for a stocker rebuild with a little extra. Its my first attempt at an engine build. I've got a 97 4.0 with a Hesco loaded cylinderhead, a melling stock cam, crower cam saver lifters, new Mopar stock push rods and Yella Terra 1.6 roller rockers. The machinist milled a few thousands off the block and head to square everyting up nice. The instructions for the YTs seem to be for replacing existing rockers with the lifters pumped up and the valves opening and closing. I squirted oil into the lifters and lubed them before inserting them into their bores. I have been reading the instructions on acheiving zero free-play by tightening the adjusting cap screw on the rollers until you cannot easily turn the push rods with your fingers. With only a little oil in the lifters, I am worried about bottoming the push rod out in the lifter. Does anyone here have a step by step process for dialing these roller rockers in when building from scratch?
thanks
$ forced me to scrap my stroker plan, so I sold off the crank, rods and skipped the forged pistons, but I saved a few parts for a stocker rebuild with a little extra. Its my first attempt at an engine build. I've got a 97 4.0 with a Hesco loaded cylinderhead, a melling stock cam, crower cam saver lifters, new Mopar stock push rods and Yella Terra 1.6 roller rockers. The machinist milled a few thousands off the block and head to square everyting up nice. The instructions for the YTs seem to be for replacing existing rockers with the lifters pumped up and the valves opening and closing. I squirted oil into the lifters and lubed them before inserting them into their bores. I have been reading the instructions on acheiving zero free-play by tightening the adjusting cap screw on the rollers until you cannot easily turn the push rods with your fingers. With only a little oil in the lifters, I am worried about bottoming the push rod out in the lifter. Does anyone here have a step by step process for dialing these roller rockers in when building from scratch?
thanks