ok so heres the thing.. i somehow stripped off a valve adjustment screw.. so i got a new one.. but i looked at it.. and was wandering do i have to take off the rocker arm assembly so put it in? i have to thread it threw the bottom right? and all this is on a d15b7

 

Can u say locked

 

bump? anyone? im gettign ready to go and do this.. so all the help i can get

 

Ok, well. Are you saying you stripped the "flat head" top of the adjuster? If so, first rotate the crank until there is no load on the rocker if not done already. Then take the lock nut of and use some plier or vise grips and turn the adjuster to loosen it until it comes out, and just put another in (all this can be done through the top, with just the valve cover off)

 

ok so i can do all this threw the top of the rocker arm without removing the whole assembly right?

 

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Your a expletiveing moron....

Yes all you have to do is remove your valve cover, Rotate the engine until load from your camshaft is released from the rocker arm, loosen the 10mm lock nut on the top of the arm, remove adjustment screw replace just mke sure you know how many turns it takes to remove the old screw so you can thread in the new on with that many rotations or you can fudge a valve.

 

ok i tried that but the lip on the bottom of the screw catches so im pulling the rocker arm assembly off and putting it in threw the bottom

 

Use some vise grips, it will come out, the rocker threads will bring the bolt lip back to norm.

 

ok so once its out the new one is to big to thead back in.. so ill have to have it off.. plus i need to inspect rocker arms..

 

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? the adjusters should be the same size, should go right in. However, if you want and feel its safer to go through the bottom, then by all means go that way.

 

no the adjusters have a small lip on the end.. that is a pita to pull threw the top.. it will go but its hard and alot easier to take the rocker arm assembly off and pull it threw the bottom.. but now im fighting with it cuz i tried threw the top and effed the thread up and it wont pull threw the bottom.. so now i have to take it out the top..

 

oh ok, well if you think it messed the theads in the rocker up, just use a tap and recover them.

 

ok so the damn adjustment screw IS NOT going to come out with me doing it.. so i have to wait untill tomorow morning and go to a machine shop and have them take the damn thing out.. i wanted to get this done tonight


Modified by projekt-sol at 10:04 PM 1/3/2008