Broke rocker arm..

[Excaliber]

Been there, done that, saw plenty of pictures, just like mine, of a broken shaft.
This pic, of my old motor, also shows a broken solid roller lifter.

These are two UNRELATED events. The solid roller that went out wasn't even on the same side as the broken shaft. In fact, I didn't even KNOW the shaft WAS broke until I tore down the engine! The motor ran fine, until I lost the solid roller bearings on the lifter.

From the looks of the picture you posted, I'm guessing you don't even have end stands for the shafts? Broken shafts is WHY end stand supports came about, the stock unsupported shafts break to often without them.

[DIRTYDOG427]

Just now begaining to "get it " Excalibur.. I had noticed increased noise and really didn't appreciate the importance of the height adjustment..Heck , I didn't even know the height of the stand was adjustable..
I give U another pic .. the stand closest to the end is about (what u see in the pic)an inch and a half from the end of the shaft..where the hole is..I don't have any end stand supports.. I thought the lifters were just getting noisey. I don't know where they are shimmed> I haven't even checked yet if the stand bolts are secure and the car is up at my brothers about 60 miles away.. these shafts came with the motor and it was pieced together in 1992 by who the heck knows.. It is an old sideoiler block out of Florida with lemans rods etc stock bore and .010 off the crank I think.. do sideoiler need more or less oil pressure than the center oiler? I appreciate ur post even more now..thanks .. so who does the proper heightening of the stands? I used to take it to 6500 all the time and then when I had it redone my builder said it didn't do it any good.. but I could do it occassionally ... I want to be able to run it as Ford intended.. new arp rod bolts.. stock cam.. I have tried to limit the rpm to below 6000 so far.. ??