Originally Posted By Sxrxrnr
Assuming you are talking solid and not hydraulic lifters, the rules depending upon approach may be different.
Yes, with juice lifters, with a pair of junk lifters I lock the cups solid with JB weld/washers the same distance below the snap ring as the preload I will be using then use them for checking purposes.

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