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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 103792" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>The biggest issue is trying to hang on to and align the pushrod. When I built the racer, I had to get shorter pushrods made, as even the available short ones were still too long, and this made installation that bit harder. I found if I used pieces of plastic straw, or it might have been short lengths of heatshrink pressed onto the end of the pushrod, this gave me something to hold onto, that was skinny enough to pass through the tappet adjuster hole in the rocker. Once I was satisfied it was sitting in the socket of the follower, I think I slipped a screwdriver or small diameter piece of rod down the straw so I could slide the straw off the end of each pushrod. It basically gave me an extension like handle so I could move the pushrod around and like Bruce said about being able to lift the follower with a drop of oil or grease providing some suction to the ball end. I had to do this because when you slid the pushrod through the hole in the rocker, it passed down that much that you could not hold it with a pair of pointy nose pliers, as per a stock set up. Might be worth a try.............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 103792, member: 597"] The biggest issue is trying to hang on to and align the pushrod. When I built the racer, I had to get shorter pushrods made, as even the available short ones were still too long, and this made installation that bit harder. I found if I used pieces of plastic straw, or it might have been short lengths of heatshrink pressed onto the end of the pushrod, this gave me something to hold onto, that was skinny enough to pass through the tappet adjuster hole in the rocker. Once I was satisfied it was sitting in the socket of the follower, I think I slipped a screwdriver or small diameter piece of rod down the straw so I could slide the straw off the end of each pushrod. It basically gave me an extension like handle so I could move the pushrod around and like Bruce said about being able to lift the follower with a drop of oil or grease providing some suction to the ball end. I had to do this because when you slid the pushrod through the hole in the rocker, it passed down that much that you could not hold it with a pair of pointy nose pliers, as per a stock set up. Might be worth a try............. [/QUOTE]
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