Any of you fellows ever had problems with indy pushrods breaking at the cup? broke 2 of them yesterday.

Yep.. Ask Billyjay.. Save yourself the trouble and order new.. smiths in mine now..

Yes everyone has had problems with them, most likely over hardened. Switch to Smith Bros or Mantons and it will go away.

do a search for BillyJay's thread a month ago.

broke one at norwalk called trend in michigan new set much better trend sister comp to diamond pistons

I had two that had soft cups on them.The adjusters were trying to push through them.

well fellows.... found yet a 3rd bad pushrod. this one the ball was pushing thru. I'm going to take your advice and put these in the trash. Thanks!

I just bought the 295 ez kit, made three break in passes the weekend before the Bakersfield Pinks show. First qualifying pass it spit a push rod and of course I didn't get the two piece valley pan so we pulled the intake & head. It wore the cup clean off the top of the pushrod. I made one and made the second round of qualifying and ran a 10.50 the next round I broke again and found the exact same thing, The cup wore clean off. Called indy and was definatly not a Problem with thier kit??? I'm not a wizard at setting valves like some of the serious racers but I showed them to several builders and really dont have a good answer to it. I typically use the Mopar Performace chart to set lash. Good or Bad??
Also have been told the its because it revs too high. 470 b block stroker 7200 rpm through the lights. any feedback is appreciated.

I had indy make a set this spring, I have ran them all season in my pulling truck. I turn 7500-ish rpm for at least 15-20 seconds each pass and have had no trouble with mine. I thought someone talked about how they are assembled or how the rod is cut causing problems

Ran the Indy's in mine when I had a solid flat tappet cam. They seemed to hold up fine.

When I went with a Roller, I put in Smith Brothers Pushrods. After hearing all of the stories about the Indy Pushrods, I just didn't want to take the chance.

They stink! Get rid of them or get ready to fish broken parts from your nice engine---SMITH BROS---all the way--