Fuel Pump Rocker Arm - Bent by Design

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Dennis Vogel
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Fuel Pump Rocker Arm - Bent by Design

#1 Post by Dennis Vogel »

I am rebuilding my fuel pump and discovered that this piece has a small bend at the tip. Is it designed to be that way? I believe this is referred to as the rocker arm. I can't image how it would get bent inside the pump, but it looks weird.
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#2 Post by Dick Weiss »

It should be flat, but being hardened, It's hard to believe it's bent; Possibly the pump's pushrod isn't square on the end (from a modification?) and lack of enough grease in the cavity, it forced the arm's contact to 1-side.
OR--the pivot hole in the arm is sloppy(?)
The arm doesn't look like it's shape isn't correct(?)--it's been awhile since seeing one; None in my archives.

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#3 Post by Ron LaDow »

The wear pattern tells you something is wrong:
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At "A", the wear is offset. At "B", it is offset and not normal to the axis of the part or the pivot C/L.
I don't know beans about early fuel pumps, but that wear pattern tells me you need a new part.
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#4 Post by Spike Jones »

Speaking of new parts, does anyone know of a source for this piece as well as the rocker arm?
BTW, this piece on my '58 cab looks just like the one in the picture as does an aftermarket one I purchased many years ago. Both have the bend.
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#5 Post by WilliamVaughan »

Wear pattern? That is not a wear pattern.
That is the pattern left by the shearing of the steel when it was punched out of a sheet. It is bent because the sheet steel had no strength in that direction during the punching / shearing process.
Look up fine blanking.
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#6 Post by Vic Skirmants »

Doesn't that "bend" go into a slot in the diaphragm rod? It helps to keep it from disengaging from the slot. That's why they are ALL bent!

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Vic Skirmants wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:48 am Doesn't that "bend" go into a slot in the diaphragm rod? It helps to keep it from disengaging from the slot. That's why they are ALL bent!
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#8 Post by Dennis Vogel »

Vic Skirmants wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:48 am Doesn't that "bend" go into a slot in the diaphragm rod? It helps to keep it from disengaging from the slot. That's why they are ALL bent!
Thanks Vic. Makes more sense now.
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#9 Post by Dick Weiss »

Dennis and all,

I'll correct myself that the tip of the pump's rocker arm has a slight bend to allow the diapham's slotted tip to get 'hooked' to the the rocker arm's tip to stay engaged when slightly twisting the top 1/2 of the pump to line up to the screw holes.
Years ago, I had the pump's pivot pin almost out of it's retainment (not having the tru-arc rings) and was able to re-hook the diaphram's slotted end to the rocker arm w/o having to remove the whole pump from the engine--since I was still on the road going home; Of course, I had to remove the top 1/2 to 'hook' it--luck was w/me!!!

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