Try Gunson's Click Adjust tool. No need for a feeler gauge and it takes the
worn
recess in the rocker face into account and makes the correct valve adjustment.
No need to replace the rockers or have them refaced for quite a while.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Robert Van Kirk wrote:
> The reason that the valves still sound noisy after a proper adjustment is
> that the rocker arm end that touches on the valve stem has had a small
> recess pounded into it after many years of use. I've seen some rockers with
> as much as a .008 recess in them. When you adjust the rockers you are
> sliding the feeler gauge across the whole face of the arm and the top of the
> valve stem. Sure you use a .016 feeler gauge but add in the recess and you
> have as much as .024 clearance. This plus worn rocker arm bushings and you
> have one heck of a gap. There two ways to remedy this and one is, if the
> recess isn't too deep, is to grind down the face of the rocker being very
> careful not to over heat it or grind down so much that you get past the
> hardened part. 2. Is to replace the rockers, (much prefered).
>
> Bob
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