Wooden stick inside pushrod tube
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Re: Wooden stick inside pushrod tube
With parts from my scrap box and ideas from this forum I have made a tool to open the pushrods.
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Nobody mentioned how to re-assemble. You need two used lifters. Place one in a vise, use the other one to smack down the other end. You don't want to flatten the tips.
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Thanks Vic!
You have probably saved me from a future problem
You have probably saved me from a future problem
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Re: Wooden stick inside pushrod tube
Per, I just noticed you were left hanging on your question. Here's all you're likely to need to know about pushrods and the tool (Vol 27, No. 5, p. 26):Per Lundgren wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 1:48 pm I want to remove the wooden sticks from the inside of my pushrods but I can't find a picture of a tool to open up the pushrods.
I have found a couple of descriptions of tools but they are not detailed enough for me to understand them.
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Re: Wooden stick inside pushrod tube
Re: Ken Daugherty's and Pellow's (quoted) comments (in the Vol 27 article cited above):
Did all 'A' pushrods contain wooden sticks, including the Super pushrods (short aluminum tube with the long, tapered steel ends)?
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Did all 'A' pushrods contain wooden sticks, including the Super pushrods (short aluminum tube with the long, tapered steel ends)?
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No wood in the short aluminum pushrods.
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That'll do for a Christmas present, Vic. I'd started to worry about my rockers getting oil. Thanks!
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Re: Wooden stick inside pushrod tube
Porsche added these to help pump oil through the rod and into the rocker arms. Alan The Stable.
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Sorry, Alan. I don't think that was the reason. When new, they probably could not move due to their construction. I don't have a photo of one, but imagine the end with a sawcut to permit the passage of oil. On well-used ones, the ends are usually worn enough that they would move. I think they were there to simply displace the quantity of oil in the pushrod. making it "lighter".Alan Klingen 2 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:55 pm Porsche added these to help pump oil through the rod and into the rocker arms. Alan The Stable.