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    Posted: Jun/29/2012 at 12:09am
 
 After tuning on the car this evening I decided to take it for a spin, about three miles from home it started raising cane and felt like it was missing on about half the cylinders. Being the oil pressure and temp were normal I limped home figuring it was a rocker problem. Sure enough the exhaust rocker on number three cylinder had lost the roller tip and the lash cap was wedged in it's place (fortunately I suppose, otherwise it may have beat out the keepers) anyway it did give the TI retainer a fit, and when I pryed out the lash cap a section of the rocker fell off. Now I start taking the other rockers off and inspecting them with a magnifying glass, yep, eight more showed cracks starting at the roller pin holes. The geometry is correct, piston to valve is plenty adequate, only 650# open spring pressure and they vary between intake & exhaust? 


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Call Jesel.  They had a problem like that in the past.  The rockers were cracking while sitting on the shelf.  Happened to a friend twice and Jesel replaced all of them both times for free.  How old are those?  This happened to my friend probably two years ago.
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yeah and when i was at PRI I asked them..because I have a new set too...and they told me they had hundreds crack on the shelf and in service but none had come apart...you might be the exception....
All i can say is T+D!!! beat the crap out of mine and still like new...
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but they did say they would replace them no matter when I bought them....
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 I shouldn't have sold my T&D, but Barry told me these Jesel's were 1.7 ratio, NOT. They've got me in more trouble than you can shake a stick at.
 
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Well thats a bummer!


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Get on the phone with them. They dont build junk 24/7 and they have been around a long time. I have seen the same thing happen to other shaft rockers (that wont be named). Its not uncommon but it is frusterating.
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Thats racing but the up side is at our age we can't break too many more parts Tongue
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Lash caps saved that engine


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Originally posted by AMX Papa AMX Papa wrote:

Steve
Thats racing but the up side is at our age we can't break too many more parts Tongue
 
 Don't be too sure Pappy, I believe this hobby is simply a test of will. Besides, I'm sure I'll find the boiling point of something down the line if I get it to hook up.
 
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