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[alexcrosse]

preferably my rocker shaft!!

driving down the road clunk clunk clunk BANG clunk *stop*

so heres what it looked like and where ive got so far in fixing the bloody engine:

token awful photo


not quite 1.5:1 anymore

turns out it wasnt bent.. it had sheared!



everything off, thankgod inside is still okay


what peoples opinion on this? preferably with experience not guesses. replace rocker tower? think its just scraped the paint to be honest

welp, thats been my day, was supposed to have a haircut, but missed that, now frantically fixing trying to make gaydon

enjoy the damage report

[Jammy]

No experience here...

Minisport rockers?

Maybe springs too heavy...?

[mini_turbo_pete]

i'd say as long as the bore of the post is ok you should be able to get away with a new shaft.

[v8mini]

ooops, and it was going great when you gave me a lift yesterday.

[Danny_California]

Ooof not good. They look like tough puppies aswell, what make are they? There must be some kind of guaruntee, maybe a replacement set sent out? Or a replacement shaft if you're happy that the tower is okay.
On another note, 5th picture, theres a lot of oil in and around cylinder two, is that normal?

[alexcrosse]

ooops, and it was going great when you gave me a lift yesterday.

supprised you can remember after all that beer.

yer i was just wanting info about the wear on the post jammy.

yer i will be able to get away with just a new post after inspection. its just if you have a standard shaft it IS going to break when cammed etc, because on no1 valve it has an extra oil hole. picking up a heavy duty one tomorrow.

well, everything is cleaned and dry ready for the new head gasket, rebuild the rockers tomoro and fingers crossed everything should pan out okayyyy for saturday... I HOPE! *touches wood*

p.s. you dont get a garentee with second hand parts, and i think i dropped some oil in cylinder 2 =p just random i think, all looks good

Edited by alexcrosse, 03 July 2008 - 03:30 PM.

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Is that rocker stuck on the end of the shaft that snapped off?

[alexcrosse]

stud? u mean one of the head bolts / nuts / somin?

[Matrix]

On another note, 5th picture, theres a lot of oil in and around cylinder two, is that normal?

It is when you take the head off!! good luck with the reassembly Alex

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The rocker on that end, with the shaft still sticking out, does the shaft come out of the rocker easily?

[Matrix]

The rocker on that end, with the shaft still sticking out, does the shaft come out of the rocker easily?

you thinking oil starvation Simon? that was my 1st thought leading to a seizure?

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Yeh, along those lines, just saying to Jammy though, it didn't look to get that warm, no signs of "bluing"

[alexcrosse]

yer, shafts nice and loose, its sticking out because its not attached to the other part of the shaft! lol. Its snapped in 2 (look at other pics)

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Only seen 3 pics jammy showed me, I can't get to facebook pages at work. I'll have a look at home in a bit!

[Dan]

I think the post needs replacing, which it sounds like you've already decided to do. It ain't just paint it's anodising. An anodised surface is a bearing, a plain surface isn't. It might look a little worn now but run it a few hundred miles with no anodising and it might get far worse. Having said that of course the standard posts aren't treated in any way and neither are the standard arms but these posts are designed to be anodised. Where are you going to get a replacement post from? I thought you could only get them as part of a full set.