make your own pushrods

Great Info Pishta, just as an addition..

The method of removing the ball from the pushrod tube and shortening the tube works with (some) after-market pushrods as well,, only the ones I've trimmed weren't welded,, just friction fit.. so by putting the hardened ball in a vise,, and just a few seconds of propane heat on the tube,, twist and pull..

I use the valve tip refacing tool on my valve refacer to square the ends,, and it allows you to remove material a thou at a time,,

I'll post a pic of the simple jig I made for checking the tube length before re-unstalling the tip..

hope it helps..