If you order them on the internet, they are not too expensive. busdepot has them quite cheap. One thing to test is, put the flat bottom side of one lifter onto the sides of the cylinder of another lifter. You should not see any gap. Worn lifters have a concave bottom face, due to there slow rotation on the cam lobes. These lobes are machined with a very slight slope, so that he lifters rotate slowly and therefore get not worn too fast. This is very cool and not driven by any mechanics, just geometry and friction,. I like this specific design! Thomas John Rodgers wrote: > I second that !!! > > I call for the question! > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > Allen Hill wrote: >> On lifters I was taught two things: >> First, replace not rebuild >> Second, if not replaced, return it to the same location it was >> removed from. >> >> >> Route 66 Rider! >> Ramon Hill >> Live Long and Be Free >> =========================== >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On >> Behalf Of >> Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN) >> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 6:54 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question >> >> Do hydraulic lifters wear out or do they just get dirty and not worth >> the >> labour cost to disassemble and clean? Mine have the occasional bleed >> down, >> but nothing major. I have them all on my bench and some are dirtier >> than >> others. I have taken two apart and one was definitely dirtier than the >> other and it was also "softer" than the rest but it could have been >> one that >> got knocked over on the bench and leaked. >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Pascal >> >> '84 Westy >> >> >> > |
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