weird push rod


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By hotrodnailhead - 14 Years Ago
I'm building my 312 and I was inspecting the pushrods before instalation, and I ran across this one...  It is not bent.  It appears that it was just made this way.  It is a stock ford part, and it has many miles on it.

Have you seen this before?  (sorry for that crappy pic)

By speedpro56 - 14 Years Ago
push rods rotate with the lifters. That push looks to me like it's messed up, flawed, and rotating may have it's drawbacks with that one. I would put it in the scrap pile, new ones are not that expensive for stock engines. The possibilites of the rocker ball jumping off the pushrod if a little to much clearance takes place could happen as well.
By Glen Henderson - 14 Years Ago
By all means scrap it and get new set. Also check the rocker adjuster balls, I'm betting that at least this one is showing wear.
By hotrodnailhead - 14 Years Ago
Glen Henderson (1/24/2011)
By all means scrap it and get new set. Also check the rocker adjuster balls, I'm betting that at least this one is showing wear.




I'll take a look at the adjuster balls... that's a good point.



Anyone got an extra pushrod laying around? I just need 1.