Thanks!

--- dhaynes@optonline.net wrote:

> You must not take up all the play of a soft lifter
> to quiet it down. Fist, it defeats the purpose. 2nd,
> it will significantly throw off the rocker arm
> geometry which if bad enoiugh can wear the valve tip
> and valve guides. Adjust it properly, and if it
> really never quiets down then remove, dissemble and
> clean it or replace it.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: neil
> Date: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:00 am
> Subject: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate
> version of question.
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> > --- neil 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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