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1. Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: Andrew Moyce <amoyce@pol.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:07:32 -0500 (EST); I got my engine back together with new tappets and one new pushrod. For those who have forgotten the drama it all started with a tapping noise at a rate about half the rpm, which was increasing in vo; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00025.html (8,316 bytes)
2. Re: Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:57:55 -0500; You do mean .012", i.e., twelve one-thousandths, don't you? Bud Krueger 52TD /// /// mg-t@autox.team.net mailing list ///; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00026.html (8,849 bytes)
3. Re: Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 14:35:42 -0600; When a cam is properly ground, there is a slight taper or curvature put onto the lobes to cause the tappets to rotate. If however the cam is worn or improperly ground this doesn't happen. The correc; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00029.html (6,898 bytes)
4. Re: Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:00:06 -0500 (EST); The "normal" technique is to put a slight taper on the cam lobes and a slight dome on the tappet faces. "Normal" is the key word here. I don't know about the replacement cams and tappets currently av; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00031.html (7,454 bytes)
5. RE: Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: "Robert Grunau" <cgrunau@pathcom.com>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:27:22 -0400; I always thought the cam lobe was slightly forward of center on the follower so the wiping action as the cam contacted the follower would spin the follower. Usually most of the followers will show ma; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00032.html (7,769 bytes)
6. RE: Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>; Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:38:26 -0500 (EST); Yes, the cam lobe is slightly off center relative to the tappet, the idea being that this will rotate the tappet. Sometimes it even works. There have been lots of methods used over the years to make; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00034.html (8,512 bytes)
7. Re: Tappets, again (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:17:41 -0500; What camshaft is in your engine? Engines to ~24000 had cams that wanted .019 clearance. Engines after that were set at .012. The Crane cam that is available today is (I believe) .014 intake and .016; /html/mg-t/2001-10/msg00038.html (7,032 bytes)

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