Lifter tube peening tool
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Yes, but I guess mine didn’t need it. Just slid up and down freely with no restriction.
if you want to borrow it I could send it to you and you can just send it back when your done.
Should go cheap in a flat rate envelope.
if you want to borrow it I could send it to you and you can just send it back when your done.
Should go cheap in a flat rate envelope.
Well I'm actually installing a copper tube in the right side oil galley to restrict oil.I'm not sure if this tool from Hughes would work in place of the peening tool.Thanks for the offer I may take you up on it.
My tube kit came from Direct Connection. It had a cylinder with a rounded end. I ended up not oiling like that so I sold the kit. Wish I could provide a pic of what I'm talking about. I just went with the oil pump porting and lifter valley crossover tube.
Rat Bastid
Dunamis Metron
Either make one in a lathe (thats what I did) or round off an old lifter. You will still have to go in there with a paper roll and make damn sure that the lifter doesn’t rub on the tube and the lifter goes up and down the lifter bore like a knob on a crap house door.
Yeah all those kits are apparently discontinued.I'm using solid lifters so don't need any oil to the lifters plus that's 16 leaks.My machinist has done this in the past but he insisted I do the work because he's busy.I also drill,tap and install a plug under the number one main feed to the left lifter oil galley.
I took a old lifter to the bench grinder and rounded it.That seemed to work ok but yes it's still tight with a new lifter.I thought a brake hone may give enough clearance but not sure if that's the right way to go about it.
Rat Bastid
Dunamis Metron
Unless the entire lifter bore is tight, I’d just go in there with a paper roll and polish down the tube. Once you get that handled then you can make a few passes down the bores with the hone. If you try and hone the tube out it will make the lifter bores egg shaped and tapered.
That is what I use. I still have to take a sand paper roll and hit the copper tube a little for clearance. I try to stay off the rest of the lifter bore.
Also, I want to mention, if you happen to have the Goodson dowel pin remover setup, it has the same slide hammer. No need to buy another for the ball.
Edit, you asked about Hughes, I have a goodson. They look the same.
I like the sandpaper roll idea. Thanks
I run the ball through each bore a couple of times. Be sure to put a lifter in the first bore you do in each tube. That will keep the tube from turning while you do the others.
Thanks
Moparpuller
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I have the mopar tool if you would like to use it and then send it back to me
The peening tool is .906? That's a little big ain't it? Lifter bore is supposed to be .904 with the lifter diameter .903.
It doesn't make the hole .906
Yeah, I get that. I'd still be skiddish till maybe I tried it on a junk block maybe.
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B3422w5
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egg shaped is exactly what I had to deal with. Bought a short block a guy didn’t use. It was all put together and machined at MRL performance. Thankfully that guy is out of business .
Among other things, had to pay to have the lifter bores bushed to fix it. Bearing clearances wrong... on and on the issues. Glad the guy I bought it from didn’t use , for his sake
Thanks for everyone's advice.
Are you guy's drilling and tapping the front and back to 1/2" npt?
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