engine pros please help

[ERA Tom]

What type of cam and rocker assemblies do you have? I recently had trouble with my rocker adjusters getting bored out by the push rods after only 1500 miles. Turns out the adjusters had been incorrectly heat-treated. I didn't find this out until I called the company that produced the rocker arm components. I had trouble keeping the valve lash correct.- Tom

[Brent Mills]

Originally Posted by ERA Tom

What type of cam and rocker assemblies do you have? I recently had trouble with my rocker adjusters getting bored out by the push rods after only 1500 miles. Turns out the adjusters had been incorrectly heat-treated. I didn't find this out until I called the company that produced the rocker arm components. I had trouble keeping the valve lash correct.- Tom

Tom, what was the manufacturer of the rocker arms? I had that problem with precision arms several years ago. What a pain in the arse that was.

[Keithc8]

You might want to check the way the valves were set. Where they set by the firing order or did he set the intakes when the exhaust opened and the exhaust when the intakes were closing. Sometimes when you set by the firing order the lifter is not all the way on the base of the camshaft. Some guys set 1/2 of the valves and then set the other half. This is old Chevy trick but I do not like it at all. Good luck, Keith