JohnC
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How necessary is this adjustment, i.e. what will happen if I dont do it? I see loads of threads on valve adjustment/clearance but they never mention this. The only person I've seen mentioning this is Steptoe.
Rocker end float?
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I check mine evey time I service it,and I think I've only adjusted it about half a dozen times.
If you don't adjust it when the gap gets too big,the movement will just get bigger and bigger I suppose,and the pushrods won't line up properly,and they'll wear more and more,and push to one side,and then it'll throw a rod on the motorway,all the oil will come out,and the 40 tone truck behind you will skid on the oil,crash into a coach load of children and burst into flames,taking out the other carrigeway in the proccess.And just because you didn't adjust the end float.How will you ever live with yourself*
*This MIGHT not happen
If you don't adjust it when the gap gets too big,the movement will just get bigger and bigger I suppose,and the pushrods won't line up properly,and they'll wear more and more,and push to one side,and then it'll throw a rod on the motorway,all the oil will come out,and the 40 tone truck behind you will skid on the oil,crash into a coach load of children and burst into flames,taking out the other carrigeway in the proccess.And just because you didn't adjust the end float.How will you ever live with yourself*
*This MIGHT not happen
Mouse
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More to the point, how do you check / adjust the "end float"? I'm guessing it's the sideways movement of the rocker arm on its pivot?
(edit - well of course on the boxer engine it's not "sideways" it's "up and down" - ie along the pivot shaft).
(edit - well of course on the boxer engine it's not "sideways" it's "up and down" - ie along the pivot shaft).
demito
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Mouse
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Thanks for the link - I may try that one day when I have a few hours to kill 
demito said:
Typical American instructions, along with the servo brake bleeding instructions, you can ignore 9/10ths of the guff written.
It's a 5 minute job to adjust the end float ( if it's needed)
JohnC
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Steptoe said:Typical American instructions, along with the servo brake bleeding instructions, you can ignore 9/10ths of the guff written.
It's a 5 minute job to adjust the end float ( if it's needed)
Spill the beans then Neil
JohnC
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Vern said:
Noooooo....
Sigh....
JohnC said:Spill the beans then Neil
Loosen the the three torq bolts and one nut - just pinch them up finger tight - tap the bottom rocker holder with a small hammer or any type of heavy screwdriver until you have the correct gap on both sides - Retighten the bolts and nuts and adjust the valve clearences . Job done.
It's actually taken me longer to type how to do it, then to "do it"
JohnC
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