Hey I was in the middle of nowhere Ohio when I had to pull the cover and see that lol. I was 43 years old at the time and the look of disappointment on my Dad's face when I told him I forgot to order spares hit just as hard as it did when I was a kid LOL.
I think the shaft wore out and caused it to bind, it broke at 3500RPM on the highway. We pulled the pushrod, zip tied the bearings over the oil holes and drove it another hour to the hotel. UPS showed up at 8:10AM we slapped another arm on it and finished the week. I sent the shaft and broken rocker to HS and they warrantied it. It had a groove worn it from the bearing, the bearing looked fine. After drag week I pulled the other side and found some heavy wear on that shaft also, again they warrantied it. That was in 2021, I haven't looked at it since drag week 22 lol.
