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Old 07-31-2007, 09:40 AM
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Do you guys loctite your tappet screws? Im gonna loctite mines after my rebuilt, the adjustment nut came off on mines and caused a valves to smack the piston, cracked my block and now im rebuilding my whole motor cause of damn nut


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Old 07-31-2007, 09:55 AM
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wow thats horrible...good luck on the build
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really 3-6 months for a valve adjustment. maybe thats my problem. i had ctrs put in last year and have had only one valve adjustment done. uh oh goin to the shop tomorrow. btw. what would the spec be with ctr cams just outta curiosity
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No need to loctite, just torque it.
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Thanks for the reminder.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sircrxracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Holy crap i going to do mine now lol thanks Rob</TD></TR></TABLE>

i believe its derek??

adjusted my valves today after finally getting my car running again, set my 3+ a little tighter then they call for but it idles and runs great, i set em at .007 intake and .008 exhaust
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