I had a ticking from passenger side. I pulled the valve cover and found a bent pushrod. I replaced it on Sat. and now seems to have gotten louder. I double checked the rockerarms for play and every thing seems to be fine. Could it possibly be a lifter. Its always something with this truckif not the trannny its the engine

 

fyi, I have the ls6 cam and springs and stock pushrods

 

bent valve?

did you tq the rocker arms again to make sure none had backed out? I had one almost fall off after I did my cam swap. Even with locktite and tq'ed to specs it backed out. I picked up a loud ticking and pulled the cover to find the rocker was VERY loose. Luckly no damage was done

wish I could help more but re tq them to specs and if it doesnt go away, then its a valve or lifter

 

thanks for reply , I just pulled the covers and double checked every thing again. I was hoping it was the rockers but im afraid your right . Its gonna be the lifters or a bent valve.

 

ouch.... well you know what that means

order some heads and slap on why they are off

 

btw, best of luck.. if this stuff was easy and simple it wouldnt be fun would it HAHAHAHAH

 

are you sure that it's not another bent rod?

 

time to upgrade to a 6.0...