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JohnRR (and others), I agree, they are too long and since I have bent one and fried another, the new pushrods are going to be about .100 shorter. I'm going to purchase the rockers first, then use these as a baseline to get the right length on the new ones.

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Take the pushrod that is bent and hand straighten it with a small hammer. (trust me if you take your time you can get it real close) Now take it and cut it in half with a tubing cutter. Remove an extra 3/4-1 inch from one of the cut pieces. Find the closest tap that will fit inside cut pieces and tap threads. (if it was a 3/8 pushrod probably a 5/16 tap) after both pieces are tapped find a piece of all thread or a bolt with long threads and cut a threaded piece at least 1 1/2 inches long. Use red 271 locktite on one side and thread into one of the cut pieces of the pushrod. screw other end into pushrod with no locktite. You now have the proper tool for checking pushrod lengths in future builds.