Hey guys. I've posted in the past about this piece but nobody knew what I was talking about. I finally ran across another thread that had a decent pic of sohc vtec head and I made a little visual for you guys to work with.

The piece seems to be a brace that keeps the rocker arms from wiggling from side to side. This mystery piece on cylinder 1 has broken in half. Not into pieces. The piece rings around the cam shaft like a ring would fit around your finger. Ok i think i'm giving too much info, but I need to know the part so I can find out what it is and replace it.

- There is 1 above each spark plug hole, making 4 total
- Seems to be a spacer to keep the rocker arms from having side to side play
- It's made of a really thin metal.



thanks to whoevers picture this originally was

Ok i did my best, hopefully someone can help me this time cya

 

FOUND ANOTHER PICTURE!!! Here is a better picture actually. You can see it if you look hard enough. It's a VERY THIN metal piece. Refer to my first image if you can't spot what i'm talking about.

 

that spaces out the rocker arms, if you want i'll send you it for free right now, just msg me your address and paypal me some shipping for overnight/usps and it should get there within 1-2 days. I have a bunch of them, i cut my finger on the little bastards when re-assembling my valvetrain.. but you def need it or its gonna start wearing metal, etc

lol.. i have no clue what its called...

i'm on aim, menkio001

 

to that Menkio.

 

why is the oil red ?

 

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I beleive that's assembly lube, notice how clean the head is.

 

its supposed to be, its some sort of lubricant since theres no oil and you need something good until it starts up, my bro's head had it when he got it back from the machine shop after gettin a cam installed

 

That part is a rocker arm spring
Honda part # 14645-P08-000

 

Thanks Menkio! U are a cool one.

I dont think its called the rocker arm spring. Because.... It's not a spring. lol.

I know that in the Non-vtec heads there is a spring that sits between them though

 

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it may not be your typical spring, but it is a "spring"

 

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it may not be your typical spring, but it is a "spring"</TD></TR></TABLE>
yep took my z6 head apart this weekend and I was looking at those spring things, just spaces out the rocker arms. and its red from the Lube.

 

sent it out btw, should be there in a couple days. Also wrote down instructions and tourqe specs for the valvetrain and what not.

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maybe i can get my 2% back... lol

 

Yeah, without that part I'd be scared of one of the rocker arms moving and killing my cam or floating a valve, etc.

 

Menkio thank u very much man! I'll wait by the mail box muhahaha!

You are a great person

 

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maybe i can get my 2% back... lol</TD></TR></TABLE>



Nice guy, everytime I see some assanine reply I keep telling myself there are some decent people on this board, thanks for making this site bearable for alot of us.

 

Lets make a petition for Menkio to get his 2 percent back!!! WHOS WITH ME?!