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Old 10-16-2020, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewwynn View Post
Loud tick in valve train world is 0.004". If you could feel the difference it would sound like marbles were being shot around in the valve train.

Isn't the tick caused by the space between the cam lobe - lifter or lifter - valve tip (some valve tips are hammered and flattened which is a sign of a bad lifter?)? So wouldn't that number have to be bigger to cause that much noise?


I have two new lifters. I will compare their measurements to older ones to see if there is a big difference..


Thanks,


Ozzie
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