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Tappets - Help, Run out of adjustment
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<blockquote data-quote="markevo30" data-source="post: 557169" data-attributes="member: 20553"><p>Thanks Graham, but i did set them in the correct order of 1,2,3,4. I just spun the engine to see if there was a gap at any point of the engine's rotation when i was trying to figure out what was going on.</p><p></p><p>I've just been doing a load of reading up on the samba whilst at work :msn4: and i think i know what the problem is. Something i didn't realise i had fitted were ball foot adjusting screws (i'm no engine expert). It seems that as well as fitting the rocker shims provided with these aftermarket adjusters you may have to grind a bit of the rocker to allow for the adjuster to be wound back further. If you read into it more it can all get very complicated trying to reset the rocker geometry back to factory to avoid wear on the valve guides. This seems to involve a combination of fitting the shims, grinding the rockers and shortening/lengthening of the push rods. As i'm running a stock motor i'm just going to fit some standard adjuster screws and see what happens.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for everyone's input on this, i'll hopefully come back with some good news when i get the stock screws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="markevo30, post: 557169, member: 20553"] Thanks Graham, but i did set them in the correct order of 1,2,3,4. I just spun the engine to see if there was a gap at any point of the engine's rotation when i was trying to figure out what was going on. I've just been doing a load of reading up on the samba whilst at work :msn4: and i think i know what the problem is. Something i didn't realise i had fitted were ball foot adjusting screws (i'm no engine expert). It seems that as well as fitting the rocker shims provided with these aftermarket adjusters you may have to grind a bit of the rocker to allow for the adjuster to be wound back further. If you read into it more it can all get very complicated trying to reset the rocker geometry back to factory to avoid wear on the valve guides. This seems to involve a combination of fitting the shims, grinding the rockers and shortening/lengthening of the push rods. As i'm running a stock motor i'm just going to fit some standard adjuster screws and see what happens. Thanks for everyone's input on this, i'll hopefully come back with some good news when i get the stock screws. [/QUOTE]
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