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stock rocker failure - trunion upgrade

Old Nov 4, 2014 | 10:11 AM
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I had a L92 rocker fail and it ended up putting needle bearings all over the place. Here's an upgrade and a few pictures on how it's done using the Comp cams trunnion kit. Old rockers were sand blasted and then cleaned with varsol. A bench vise works great.

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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 10:43 AM
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Wow, they turned out great. Did you sandblast the foot of the rocker too? I'm just wondering if it would cause premature wear on the tip of the valve.
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 12:26 PM
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No I didn't, I just tapped them off
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 04:11 PM
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I also did the trunion upgrade, but saw a few people were having the bearings walk out and snap rings breaking at the time (about a year ago). So I got some loctite 640 sleeve retainer and put that on before pressing the bearings in. It adds 3000 psi of shear strength to the press, so I feel better about it. Not saying they're still having this issue, just something I saw then. I also used primer before the sleeve retainer for added peace of mind. Here is what I used:Name:  IMG_1615JPG2_zps61e60e02.jpg
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Old Nov 5, 2014 | 10:41 AM
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That's a good idea Jeebalow! I was going to go with the CHE bushed rockers for my build but seems a little overkill for my setup. Im just going to buy the blank rockers from summit and put the comp trunion upgrade in them.
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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 03:03 PM
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I picked up a set of used rockers and installed the bearings
then just popped them on when i installed my cam, it saved me time
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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 10:04 PM
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how many miles did you have on yours? I never had any problems with them on my 5.3 shifting at 6800 and I pulled it out at 215K miles. I just got a new set of l92 rockers for my 408 but can't really see a new set failing anytime soon.
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