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• Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:39:02 -0400
  I have some slight galling (or small gouges) at three places on my rocker shafts and three corresponding rockers have slight galling as well...
• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:20:36 -0800
  ...Rocker shaft and rocker wear question I have some slight galling (or small gouges) at three places on my rocker shafts and three corresponding...
• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:41:04 -0500
  ...Rocker shaft and rocker wear question >Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:46 -0400 > >My four intake valve adjuster screws are a little...
• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:46 -0400
  ...Rocker shaft and rocker wear question Are you talking about the little adjustment screws? I had a 1.9 w/62 K miles. The...
• Re: 1.25 or 1.4 rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:06:35 -0400
  I got my 1.25 rocker arms, shafts and swivel feet as a kit from CB Performance http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID...
• 1.25 or 1.4 rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 08:40:02 -0700
  ...just the rocker arms, or the whole shaft and assembly? Will the T1 rocker arms just slide on my waterboxer rocker shafts? I'm...
• rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
  Sat, 7 Oct 1995 14:30:22 -0400 (EDT)
  Does any know a good source for rocker arm assemblies (or specifically the shafts) for air cooled Type IV motors? I believe the 1700...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 11:17:28 -0500
  Jake On the type 2 rockers shafts you need to remove the pedestal block and check the shaft itself to make sure the tapered...
• A couple of head repair Q's:'81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:49:16 -0700
  ...Anyway, in looking at one of the rocker arm shafts I've pulled, one side of the shaft (where the rocker arms ride) is...
• T4 rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 17:43:00 -0500
  ...for the '78 I find myself really short of nice rocker assemblies, shafts and arms. Problem is all 3 of my cores a '77...
• Re: Adjusting valves on '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:07:30 -0400
  ...screw driver as you press the rocker shaft in your other hand and then install the nuts for the rocker shaft Bob [text/html]
• FS: 1.25 Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 23 Oct 2000 00:40:34 EDT
  I am selling my 1.25 Rhino ratio rocker arms with swivel Rhino feet, solid rocker shafts along with set of Cromoly push rods...
• Re: Rocker shaft and rocker wear question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:51:31 -0500
  ...I still have the rocker arms w/adj screws if you want them.
• Re: Torque values for rocker shaft
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:14:42 -0500
  ...Torque values for rocker shaft I've been looking for this in the BENTEY but have not found it. I think it 18 ft...
• Re: Aftermarket rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 11:47:13 -0700
  When I first got my 1.25:1 rockers from Claudes, they were a tight fit on the shaft and I had to hone...
• Re: ISO : rocker arm shaft carrier
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:58:27 -0700
  ...rocker arm shaft carrier if it's a Rocker Arm Assembly for a 1.9 wbxr engine you are after, I have many. Not...
• Re: Rocker arm question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:01:37 -0700
  ...All of the other pieces mounted to the rocker shaft assembly are the same On 10/13/06, roger sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote...
• Re: A couple of head repair Q's:'81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:42:42 EDT
  ...Anyway, in looking at one of the rocker arm shafts I've pulled, one side of the shaft (where the rocker arms ride) is...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the t...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:41:42 EDT
  ...Adding solid rocker shafts ELIMINATE the chance that the clips will fail. -When you add ratio rockers, the valve spring now has to push...
• Re: Parts suppliers for Half Liley?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:35:47 -0400
  ...ratio rockers, $119.95 1642 Rhino feet (Porsche style valve adjusting screw) $32.95 1643 High performance rocker shafts $31.95 1534 Rocker arm...
• Re: ISO : rocker arm shaft carrier
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 20:00:08 -0700
  ...rocker arm shaft carrier > > > if it's a Rocker Arm Assembly for a 1.9 wbxr engine you are after, I > have many. > Not...
• Re: Rocker arm question
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:50:27 -0400
  ...Boston Bob would surely know. > > All of the other pieces mounted to the rocker shaft assembly are the same > > > On 10/13/06, roger...
• Re: 1.25 or 1.4 rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:32:59 -0400
  ...The type 1 rockers would be needed to use the 8mm swivel foot adjusters and the shaft size is the same my dyno testing...
• Re: oil problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:35:47 -0400
  ...the pushrod tube, through a hole in the rocker arm cup to the rocker shaft. From there some will splash on the valve spring...
• Torque values for rocker shaft
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:20:18 -0600
  I've been looking for this in the BENTEY but have not found it. I think it 18 ft/lbs but I would rather...
• Re: Aftermarket rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 20:31:27 -0400
  ...the pushrod drilled just slightly closer to the centerline of the rocker shaft, thus increasing the ratio. Would I buy them again? Maybe. Buy...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 07:53:45 EDT
  ...ROCKER SHAFTS $31.95 ROCKER ARM SPACER KIT $10.95 Total$195.80 9MM RHINO ROCKER SCREWS $23.95 The Berg 1.4 ratio...
• Re: Head gasket question...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:13:19 -0600
  ...When they are released, the rocker bosses for the rocker shafts are deliberately broken off, usually just struck with a hammer. When the broken...
• Re: Strange noises from engine (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 04:52:16 PDT
  Karl, Get a set of solid rocker shafts @$35 and spacers @$10 from CB Performance to eliminate the wiggly clip problem (easy to install...
• Re: Questions about Bent Pushrods and Repair
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:56:34 -0500
  ...More likely the rocker arm or valve siezed. Easy to verify. You might disassemble the rocker arm and look galling on the shaft. Also...
• Re: ISO : rocker arm shaft carrier
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:30:49 -0700
  if it's a Rocker Arm Assembly for a 1.9 wbxr engine you are after, I have many. Not sure what a 'carrier...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Sharpe, Steven (Facilities Planning)
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:48:19 -0400
  ...ROCKER SHAFTS $31.95 ROCKER ARM SPACER KIT $10.95 Total$195.80 9MM RHINO ROCKER SCREWS $23.95 The Berg 1.4 ratio...
• Re: 85 Waser Boxer Question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 16 May 2003 08:09:37 -0400
  ...Inspect the shaft of the bad rocker for galling. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:07:42 EDT
  ...The 1.25 rockers at FGA are most likely 8 mm shaft screws unless they say other wise. Stock VW WBX rockers are 10...
• lifter noise after PRT replace
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:39:53 -0400
  ...I didn't even have to remove the rocker shaft; just took the nuts off and slid the rocker assm away just enough to...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - DJD
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:56:44 -0400
  You seem to have missed the point on Cut To Length Pushrods and Rocker Arm Geometry. The idea is to have the shaft for...
• Re: Torque values for rocker shaft
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:39:08 -0500
  18 ft-lb is right.Group 15 page 23 in my Bentley. Larry A. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:20 PM, John...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:33:28 PDT
  ...ROCKER SHAFTS $31.95 >ROCKER ARM SPACER KIT $10.95 > Total$195.80 > >9MM RHINO ROCKER SCREWS $23.95 > > >The Berg 1.4 ratio...
• Re: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:09:10 EDT
  ...ROCKER SHAFTS $31.95 >ROCKER ARM SPACER KIT $10.95 > Total$195.80 > >9MM RHINO ROCKER SCREWS $23.95 > > >The Berg 1.4 ratio...
• just helpless me again
  Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:09:59 EDT
  ...They talk about watching the valves and rockers but my rockers are probable so out of whack because of setting the timing and rocker...
• Re: damaged push rod tubes vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Sat, 1 May 2004 19:53:40 -0400
  >>>>o i pulled the rocker shaft assembly and push rods to find 1 bent and one worn about 1/3 or the way through...
• Re: Rocker Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:23:40 -0500
  ...need for the studs that hold the rockers in place on the head? I noticed the shaft looks a little tapered, is this correct...
• Rocker Bolts
  Historical mailing list - jeremyp
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:34:55 -0500
  ...need for the studs that hold the rockers in place on the head? I noticed the shaft looks a little tapered, is this correct...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 07:13:03 -0700
  ...point on Cut To Length Pushrods and Rocker >Arm Geometry. The idea is to have the shaft for theSwivelFoot Adjuster >perpendicular to the valve...
• ISO : rocker arm shaft carrier
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:17:19 -0700
  ...did the valves per Bentley - shaft carrier held in place with extra washer temporarily per Samba thread post. so, as the subject lines reads...
• noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:02:24 -0400
  ...This caused the rocker to move back and forth on the shaft which hammerd the adjustment screw and made it uneven, hence throwing the...
• Re: WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:38:31 EDT
  ...picture that shows the rocker arm shaft off center compared to a stock (1.3 ratio) ________________________________________________ <<<The ratio rockers in on these dyno reports...
• 78 to 83 engine parts.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:11:48 -0500
  ...I have the lifter's, and I am looking for 8 hydraulic push rods, and 2 rocker shaft's, from a 78 bus to...
• I will have a WBX "My Way" or nothing else...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 15:19:01 EST
  ...Solid rocker shafts Roller tip aluminum high Ratio rocker arms racing valve locks Cromoly cut to fit push rods Cromoly valve spring keepers Counterweighted...
• Re: How do you tell OEM German heads from the AMC's???
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 9 Nov 2003 09:13:51 -0800
  ...cast in vicinity spring seats, under rocker shafts. You have to remove the rockers then clean off the varnish, if you got any, to...
• Paranoid maintenance pays off again.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:49:41 -0600
  ...In the process I found my rocker shafts to be loose enough that the retaining nuts could be loosened by just slight pressure. I...
• Re: lifter noise after PRT replace
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:41:46 -0400
  ...I didn't even have to remove the > rocker shaft; just took the nuts off and slid the rocker assm away just > enough to...
• fatigue crack
  Historical mailing list - Vince Jahn
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:48:36 -0700
  Hi everyone, I just noticed a small crack in one of the rocker arm support bearings (one that has the hole for the stud...
• Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:23:15 PST
  ...job on seats, 2 angle on valves -Copper exhaust gaskets -Solid rocker shafts -Aluminum Valve clip-on valve covers vented to tie in with...
• Re: WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:31:52 -0700
  ...Used with solid rocker shafts, they are an inexpensive upgrade and are mild. I then switch to the Pauter 1.3 roller tip rockers...
• Re: Rocker Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:33:26 -0500
  ...need for the studs that hold the rockers in place on the head? I noticed the shaft looks a little tapered, is this correct...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:33:37 EDT
  ...rods, Cromoly spring retainers, racing clutch bolts, racing valve locks, solid rocker shafts, clip on aluminum racing valve covers. I have also add a...
• Re: Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there....
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 02:08:27 EST
  ...job on seats, 2 angle on valves >-Copper exhaust gaskets >-Solid rocker shafts >-Aluminum Valve clip-on valve covers vented to tie in with...
• Re: Rocker Bolts
  Historical mailing list - jeremyp
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:06:30 -0500
  ...need for the studs that hold the rockers in place on the head? I noticed the shaft looks a little tapered, is this correct...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:48:56 -0700
  ...All you need to do is loosen the nuts that hold the rocker shaft to the head and work each push rod with your...