have a listen

there isn't alot i can think of that would wear that fast... if it was a lobe i would think it would just go... not clear up with a lash and then come back...

(To OP, re-lash and see if one is now loose, dead give away)

were any of the adjusters really easy to turn? maybe it just backed loose...

When a cam lobe goes, it GOES. I have adjusted a rocker, had a tick go away and come back literally in 10 seconds. The cam lobe was being ground down.