Hey yall. I have done 2 camswaps on my truck in the past 4 days(1 install and 1 uninstall) and I am about tired of messing with the valvetrain. I have this ticking noise on my left bank and I think it is comming from the rockers because they are the only thing that I took off. I did not install the COMP 918s with the cam. My question is how many ft/lbs do these rockers need to be torqued to and has anyone had this problem before? PLEASE HELP!!!!

 

22-24 ft/lbs on the rocker arm studs be carefull though I turned one off and its a pain in the *** if the bolt breaks flush with the head. If your using an aftermarket cam and havent checked preload and pushrodlength some of the rocker arm studs might keep turning and not torque properly thats how i turned one off.
Dont forget the lock tight for aftermarket cams I had some rockers back out on me.

 

will do thanks man.

 

wonder if thats what the sound is on mine to?

 

Well everything is torqued to spec and the sound has not gone away. Now i think the spark plugs arent in all of the way because during the reassymble i took them out and a few felt funny going back in. So now im gonna go buy all new spark plugs and hope to hell that is the problem. I should probably chase the threads out huh? anybody have any suggestions???? What kind of plugs should I get. I have no forced induction and was wondering if stock gap 0.060 is good enough.

 

After my cam swap, I got some pluggage in a few push rods. It quieted down a lot when I cleaned them out. May want to try some B12 or something in the crankcase instead of tearing it back down though.

 

B12???? whats that? Is that like an oil additive? I ran some brake cleaner through the stock pushrods and they were all clear from what i could tell. Ill try it. Dont yall think that if the spark plugs were not in all of the way that they would leak and would tick like an exhaust leak and feel like you are getting less compression.

 

Anybody????!!!!

 

Id be looking at lifters, use an ear piece

 

How could it be the lifters? do you think one could be turned sideways? what do you mean by an earpeice?