I haven’t read past this post as I have been busy. BUT I have to break it to ya you’re wrong here. I just figured out how the oil path ACTUALLY works. It’s because I was curious. Curiosity like what drove Richard Fineman to solve the Shuttle failures root cause.
As can be easily seen by my pictures the oil is not dispersed through the threads. So they are not part of the equation or oiling process. The ACTUAL oil relief hole is BELOW the threads. It simply seeps out and onto the ball.
Really a simple concept. Surprised that I found this on first inspection that I have ever done on these. As soon as I took it apart I had that ah ha moment.
Its not about oneupsmanship here. It’s about curiosity truth and learning or it is at least for me. Not putting anyone doen here. I am a novice at best working on stuff I never worked on before. So far I have learned of several mistakes the engine builder made. And I never built an engine before. I owe that to you guys helping me!
Thank you!
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