340 retrofit hydraulic roller lifters

Pretty easy to measure the bores. If the bores are bad you Bush them. There is not a thing wrong with the tube in there. There isn’t a single reason to remove it.

You first said to bush the bores to stop the lifters from ticking. That’s a waste of time and money because it won’t fix a ticking lifter.

That’s all I’m saying.
Rat you hit the nail on the head.
The reason the lifters clatter is due to the poor quality control of the internal compnents of the hyd lifter and/or contamination. Hyd lifters are great oil filters they will trap the smallest of particles which will cause them to leak off.