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What a set of rockers! #1019121
06/23/11 02:00 PM
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Had to show these. Rebuilt by Rockerarms.com. I bought a set of Cranes off eBay "good condition"(yeah, right!). Ended up tossing both shafts due to galling. Many of the rockers were galled too. Anyway, they look like new now. A great job.

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Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: BamaBeeper] #1019122
06/23/11 08:19 PM
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very nice.


very clever dinner. appetizing food fit neatly into interesting round pie.
Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: HitIt] #1019123
06/23/11 09:42 PM
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what did it cost? and what are you putting them on?

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: Randy..] #1019124
06/24/11 01:22 AM
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Thanks all for looking! It was $280 shipped to my door. I sent them the rockers only. They put bushings in them, reamed to fit new hard chromed shafts. They put in adjuster screws and jamb nuts, spacers and shims so the assembly could bolt right up. I had to change a few shims so some of the push rods would have enough clearance in my Edelbrock heads. I just finished installing them. By this week-end that motor will be ready to rock!
My car is a 69 Roadrunner. The engine is really a mild built 451. I had it dyno'd on some portable deal at a car show last year. It showed about 435 hp/495 torque at the crank. Don't know how accurate those things are, though. I calculated 10.3:1 compression. I have a XE274 cam which seems pretty good for street romps and cruising. It's more than enough to get me in trouble.
I had to tear into the motor because of an oil burning problem and found 3 bad full roller rockers in the set I had purchased a couple of years ago. That's why I looked for the Cranes. No more needle bearings for me!
Here's a pic of my car.

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Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: BamaBeeper] #1019125
06/24/11 01:22 AM
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Yep, those guys do really nice work. I've worked with Gary over there on a bunch of projects over the years.

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: AndyF] #1019126
06/24/11 09:10 AM
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I'm going to add that to my winter project list for my Isky's that should probably be bushed.

I also have an oil issue that has to be dealt with, hoping it is a valve or a guide. Good time to upgrade and prevent future problems with the rockers.

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: northcoastmopar] #1019127
06/24/11 10:59 AM
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Most of my oil burning turned out to be from a leaking valley pan, I bought some really nice intake gaskets and valley cover from Hughes. So, I hope not to be having that problem again.
The scary thing is is that if I hadn't had the oil problem, I wouldn't have known about the dying rockers till they had gotten much worse.
I had intended to go on the Power Tour this year, but couldn't get everything together. Having rockers come apart somewhere on the way to Detroit would make for a very bad day-although I know others have had worse things happen.

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: BamaBeeper] #1019128
06/24/11 03:43 PM
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Don't know how old your Crane rockers are..
But double check their tips that contact the valve stems for wear after installing..

Before Crane went bankrupt they produced several lots of defective rockers that were not hardened properly..
I complained to Crane back then but they gave me the sunshine treatment..

The Cranes went in the dumpster, we installed Harland Sharp, never looked back..

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: Sinitro] #1019129
06/24/11 04:01 PM
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Quote:

Don't know how old your Crane rockers are..
But double check their tips that contact the valve stems for wear after installing..

Before Crane went bankrupt they produced several lots of defective rockers that were not hardened properly..
I complained to Crane back then but they gave me the sunshine treatment..

The Cranes went in the dumpster, we installed Harland Sharp, never looked back..




There's nothing wrong with the rockers, it was the adjusters and this was like 10 or more years ago. I hope you didn't throw away the rockers.

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: BamaBeeper] #1019130
06/24/11 04:13 PM
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Thanks for posting the price, that helps me out, will be sending them some work in the future


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Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: Challenger 1] #1019131
06/25/11 12:54 AM
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Quote:

Quote:

Don't know how old your Crane rockers are..
But double check their tips that contact the valve stems for wear after installing..

Before Crane went bankrupt they produced several lots of defective rockers that were not hardened properly..
I complained to Crane back then but they gave me the sunshine treatment..

The Cranes went in the dumpster, we installed Harland Sharp, never looked back..




There's nothing wrong with the rockers, it was the adjusters and this was like 10 or more years ago. I hope you didn't throw away the rockers.




A little clarification for the record at least in my case..
It was about 5 years back, problem was the rocker tips, not hardened properly not the adjusters..
Also Crane sold these through Mopar Performance as well..
I confronted one of their engineers @ SEMA and he finally acknowledged the issue..

Re: What a set of rockers! [Re: Sinitro] #1019132
06/25/11 08:59 AM
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OK. Thanks for that info. I don't know how old mine are, but I'll keep a watch on them. When I got these, the tips weren't the problem, though.
I'm running the stock Eddy springs so the spring pressures aren't really very high. Hopefully that will be a positive thing.







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