[92GTA]

So the rocker stud nuts for the #1 cylinder on my 461 loosened. I got lucky and made it home; the pushrod was straight, the rocker and ball were on the stud shifted over and off the pushrod dangling, and the top nut was right there under the valve cover, the adjustment nut at the top of the stud. Looked everything over, zero damage. Totally dodged that one.

I'm not sure why a professional engine builder would have not used poly locks and simply used 2 nuts instead, but they did. Seems like an accident waiting to happen to me. They aren't locking nuts, just plan jane nuts.

What's a good way to avoid this in the future? Looking at Butler's poly lock kits I have to replace the studs, which I don't want to do. I'm running a Comp hydraulic flat tappet cam.

Thanks!