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Date:         Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:59:21 -0500
Reply-To:     neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
In-Reply-To:  <20061112010925.35112.qmail@web54708.mail.yahoo.com>
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--- neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> wrote:


> If I preload lifter and leave it that way, in theory
> and all things being equal, is there enough travel
> internally in lifter so that it will keep "self
> adjusting"?  i.e. it won't start keeping the valve
> partially open if it pressurizes back to orig specs?


or more accurately:


If I turn the adjuster screw to take out play created
by a soft lifter, and the soft lifter comes unstuck
(or air bleeds out) and returns to its' normal
"length" is there a risk that this will cause the
valve to open more than it should and hammer into
piston?


TIA,








Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.


http://web.mac.com/tubaneil


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