help lifters wont stay up
10-08-2005, 12:40 PM
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help lifters wont stay up
im doing my cam swap and i cant get the lifters to stay up long enough for me to put the dowels in. what do i need to do? pen magnets to pull them up while im sliding it thru?
10-08-2005, 02:02 PM
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ok so when i put my pen magnets down in there to pull the lifter up far enough to put my dowel in the magnet wont even pull the lifter up it just slids off wtf?? im going home for today maybe somebody will chime in im starting back up first thing in the morning
10-08-2005, 02:15 PM
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with your old cam in... it would have been easier to insert the pen magnets.. its a little tricky.. have to rotate the cam and make sure all the magnets are on the lifters...
it sounds like you already got your old cam out? Maybe you need a stronger magnet... are these the big ones that lengthen out to like 6 feet or so? Thats what i used, didnt really have any problems.
it sounds like you already got your old cam out? Maybe you need a stronger magnet... are these the big ones that lengthen out to like 6 feet or so? Thats what i used, didnt really have any problems.
10-08-2005, 02:55 PM
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keep spinning the cam shaft around and around while you are sliding the dowel through. I assume you are talking about a rod you are sliding from the front of the block towards the rear to hold the lifters up. I've never used the rod down the drilled holes but it sounds really simple. You should be able to engage the rod with each revolution of the camshaft.
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10-08-2005, 09:25 PM
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i got 3/8 and 1/4 inch rods. ive spun the cam like 100 times and the rods wont go thru. i was trying to get the pen magnet to pull the lifter up high enough to put the rod it but the magnet just pops right off.
10-09-2005, 12:42 AM
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i tried to use a 3/8" tube and it didnt fit. then i took 2 1/8" stainless steel tig filler rods and the fit right in. try something smaller like a 1/8" rod. that may be the problem but im not sure. Good luck man. i really hope you dont have to pull the intake cuz that would suck!