I have some rockers that could stand to be rebushed or similar. Is there a company that does this service? I tried searching Red's Headers website because I thought I remembered that they did this but could not find a link.

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho

http://www.rockerarms.com/  These guys can do it.  Dont know the price but they are supposed to be good.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I have bought several pairs of rebuilt and NOS rocker arms on eBay for probably less than what it costs to have them rebuilt. Unless you have the high lift which never go cheap.

Kenneth

Fredricksburg, Texas

Mike, thanks for the pointer. I called and they're asking $180 for a set of rebuilt rocker shafts. New chrome shafts, rebushed rockers, new adjusting screws.



And, yes, I have lots of used high ratio rockers. At least three sets, two are from 1956 engines.

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho

Paul, they have their price right.  Certainly not inexpensive, but barely affordable .

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Considering the price of new rocker shafts and supplying usable rocker supports, the pricing at $180 for a pair of assemblies sounds very reasonable especially when taking into account the amount of work it takes to also rebush the rockers and hone to the correct size.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Y-Guys       The rocker arm guys quoted me $252,for that job, this past

         week. You may want to check again.

                                          Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al

New shafts can be found through Pioneer, FM, and Clevite for about $30-$40 a set, that seems to be where most of the wear is. If your rockers aren't in too bad of shape, it's not hard to rebuild the yourself. You may want to find a shop that can reface the tips for you though.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

I would check with the following outfit.  They will rebuild your old shafts for $30 or $40 per set, including straightening and hard chrome surface cut back to factory spec.  For additional fee, they will rebuild your rockers and/or convert to 1.6 ratio.  I just sent a set of rocker shafts to be rebuild and a buddy of mine uses these guys with good results.

Rocker Arm Specialties

19841 Hirsch CT.

Anderson, CA  ostalCode>96007ostalCode>

Phone: (530) 378-1075

Contact: Gary Patrick

 

Tim, I watched that u-tube video showing the rocker shaft rebuild. Thank you, it was very informative. That trick of grinding the tip of a bolt to help locate the rocker stand is slick. But I wonder if throwing away those overflow tubes is a good idea, they direct oil to the distributor gear and the timing chain. I was considering jamming a lead shot in the tube and drilling it with a small drill to pressurize the shaft a bit.



I salvaged some rockers off of a car that obviously had oiling issues on one of the cylinder heads. The shaft was very, very badly worn and four of the rockers were wobbly. I have doubts that those four rockers can be salvaged, but the other 12 can probably be rebushed.



The car had sat in a pond and there was some rust. For now, I'm going to buy new shafts, cherry pick from my other rockers, and set up a quick-and-easy pair of rocker shafts.



Speaking of refacing the rocker tips, would it be a good idea to try to harden them after grinding? Something like heating and quenching them to impart some surface hardness? I think this is sometimes done with the tips of valve stems.

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho