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BB lifter strange #1191246 03/04/12 08:53 PM 03/04/12 08:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia D DusterMan OP super street
DusterMan OP super street D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia	Pulled a cam out of my 383 to install a stock cam. Everything looked great except for this one lifter outside surface. Tha block is good and slick. I have never seen this in 40 yrs of messing with engines. What you think? these marks are all the way around and are evenly spaced like they were made in it. The lifter turned good in the block and the lobe surface and cam look great. 7103639-lifter.JPG (169 downloads) Pete: 2003 Dodge Quad 2500 Hemi 69 RoadRunner 4 sp Alpine White 2019 Dodge Charger

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: DusterMan] #1191247 03/04/12 09:02 PM 03/04/12 09:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,173 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,173 Bend,OR USA	Quote: Pulled a cam out of my 383 to install a stock cam. Everything looked great except for this one lifter outside surface. Tha block is good and slick. I have never seen this in 40 yrs of messing with engines. What you think? these marks are all the way around and are evenly spaced like they were made in it. The lifter turned good in the block and the lobe surface and cam look great. Looks like the marks from a burr in the lifter bore oil galley area Please let us know what you find Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: Cab_Burge] #1191248 03/04/12 09:27 PM 03/04/12 09:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia D DusterMan OP super street
DusterMan OP super street D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia	No burr. Lifter bore are good. The marks on the top and bottom are perfectly lined up with each other. Almost like it was made that way. A burr would not be a perfect strait mark. ?? Got me. Pete: 2003 Dodge Quad 2500 Hemi 69 RoadRunner 4 sp Alpine White 2019 Dodge Charger

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: DusterMan] #1191249 03/04/12 10:26 PM 03/04/12 10:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,139 Melbourne , Australia LA360 master
LA360 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,139 Melbourne , Australia	Is the lifter covered in chatter marks from grinding? Alan Jones

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: LA360] #1191250 03/04/12 10:29 PM 03/04/12 10:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio dartman366 I Live Here
dartman366 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio	Quote: Is the lifter covered in chatter marks from grinding? that's the first thing I thought. Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: dartman366] #1191251 03/04/12 11:17 PM 03/04/12 11:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia D DusterMan OP super street
DusterMan OP super street D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia	Quote: Quote: Is the lifter covered in chatter marks from grinding? that's the first thing I thought. That's what I was thinking. It was made like that with high spots. They are smooth as glass. Evenly spaced and lined up top to bottom. Pete: 2003 Dodge Quad 2500 Hemi 69 RoadRunner 4 sp Alpine White 2019 Dodge Charger

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: DusterMan] #1191252 03/05/12 01:08 AM 03/05/12 01:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey J jamesc master
jamesc master J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey	Quote: They are smooth as glass. now they are i can't see any way that pattern could be produced in the engine that had to be there when they were installed and may not have been readily noticeable

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: jamesc] #1191253 03/05/12 07:40 AM 03/05/12 07:40 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,392 nielsville, minn. Q quickd100 master
quickd100 master Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,392 nielsville, minn.	How much running clearance does the lifter have in the bore? I'm thinking you've got a little more clearance than you need. Mopar did send some blocks out with oversize lifter bores, it's supposed to be stamped on the pad on the front of the motor. Dave

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: DusterMan] #1191254 03/05/12 11:37 AM 03/05/12 11:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC 440Jim I Live Here
440Jim I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,925 NC	Although it doesn't seem to have caused any problem (yet); when you catch something like that, it should be replaced after checking for any cause that might need correcting.

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: 440Jim] #1191255 03/05/12 11:53 AM 03/05/12 11:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia D DusterMan OP super street
DusterMan OP super street D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 644 Warner Robins, Georgia	Well it fit the lifter bore fine. I checked it in a couple of others places and it fits the same. Mic the dia of the lifter and it measures the same as the good ones. Measured the lobe lift and it was the same as the other lobes .341. Weird!! I owned the car for 5 yrs and the one I got it from drove it everywhere. Nothing is hurt just weird looking. Pete: 2003 Dodge Quad 2500 Hemi 69 RoadRunner 4 sp Alpine White 2019 Dodge Charger

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: DusterMan] #1191256 03/05/12 12:13 PM 03/05/12 12:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey J jamesc master
jamesc master J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,875 communist bloc of new jersey	i can't see any way running in the engine could produce such a symmetrical pattern but i guess stranger things have happened. a lifter should be turning (to a point) and stroking in the bore which i just can't see producing such well spaced straight marks. i would think there were imperfections when it was made and running it polished the high spots.

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: jamesc] #1191257 03/05/12 12:29 PM 03/05/12 12:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio dartman366 I Live Here
dartman366 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio	I go back to my origional thought,,grinder chatter on the lifter I bet if you were to measure from high to low you wouldn't see .00001 difference in size. Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.

Re: BB lifter strange [Re: dartman366] #1191258 07/23/13 02:22 AM 07/23/13 02:22 AM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 73 B BeavisHQV member
BeavisHQV member B Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 73	Hi, did someone figured out what happened there? Have the same problem on only one lifter. Driverside, 3. cylinder exhaust valve.... exact similiar marks on the lifter as shown on his picture. Last edited by BeavisHQV; 07/23/13 03:35 AM.

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