I was taught by the old Mopar drag engineer group at their drag race seminars that wedge motor single shaft rocker arms should start with the contact pattern on the valve stems to start on the inner third of the valve stem and then sweep outward across the center of the stem to the outer third at max lift, does yours do that now?
I have a set of 440-1 with a set of T&D single shaft 1.7 ratio that I haven't used yet, I have another set of them on a motor with a set of Jesel 1.55 ratio paired shaft system and the roller tips don't move much at all off the center of the valve stem at all
The other motors I've built and raced with 440-1 with Harland Sharp 1.65 ratio single shaft systems did like Mopar taught me
I'm glad you caught those problems before it hurt the motor or you
I have broke parts on the track and thought I was going to wad up one of the race cars , thanks to God that didn't happen